Bishopric of Tournai

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The Bishopric of Tournai was a medieval ecclesiastical principality in the Low Countries centered on the city of Tournai, historically significant as a religious and cultural hub where Middle Dutch was among the languages used.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman Catholic diocese
former prince-bishopric
medieval ecclesiastical principality
associatedWith Christianization of the Scheldt valley
development of medieval urban culture in Tournai
bishopTitle Prince-bishop
borderedBy Bishopric of Arras
Bishopric of Cambrai
Diocese of Noyon
surface form: "Bishopric of Noyon"
capital Tournai
continuationAs Bishopric of Tournai
surface form: "Roman Catholic Diocese of Tournai"
country Low Countries
established 6th century
gainedIndependenceAsSeparateDiocese 1146
governmentType prince-bishopric
hasCathedral Tournai Cathedral
hasHeritageStatus Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai
surface form: "Tournai Cathedral UNESCO World Heritage Site"
hasTypeOfAuthority spiritual authority
temporal authority
languageUsed Latin
Middle Dutch
Old French
locatedIn County of Flanders NERFINISHED
Hainaut
Tournai
present-day Belgium
notableFor Romanesque and early Gothic cathedral architecture
cultural influence in the medieval Low Countries
religious scholarship
partOf Ecclesiastical province of Reims
Holy Roman Empire
Roman Catholicism
surface form: "Roman Catholic Church"
precededBy Bishopric of Tournai
surface form: "Diocese of Tournai and Noyon"
primaryEconomicBase urban economy of Tournai
region Scheldt
surface form: "Scheldt valley"
religion Catholicism
rite Latin Rite
ruledBy Bishop of Tournai
seat Tournai Cathedral
separatedFrom Diocese of Noyon
suppressedAsTemporalPrincipality early modern period
timePeriod Middle Ages
underInfluenceOf County of Flanders NERFINISHED
Duchy of Burgundy
Habsburg Netherlands
Kingdom of France
usedScript Latin alphabet

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bishopric of Ypres borderedBy Bishopric of Tournai
this entity surface form: "Diocese of Tournai"
Bishopric of Tournai continuationAs Bishopric of Tournai
this entity surface form: "Roman Catholic Diocese of Tournai"
Bishopric of Tournai precededBy Bishopric of Tournai
this entity surface form: "Diocese of Tournai and Noyon"
Bishopric of Ypres predecessor Bishopric of Tournai
this entity surface form: "Diocese of Tournai"
Middle Dutch spokenIn Bishopric of Tournai

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