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.
Aliases (3)
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.
this entity surface form: "Diocese of Tournai"
this entity surface form: "Roman Catholic Diocese of Tournai"
this entity surface form: "Diocese of Tournai and Noyon"
this entity surface form: "Diocese of Tournai"