Bishopric of Arras

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The Bishopric of Arras was a medieval ecclesiastical principality in what is now northern France and Belgium, historically notable as a religious and administrative center in the Low Countries.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Diocese of Arras 2
Diocese of Arras-Cambrai 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman Catholic diocese
ecclesiastical principality
medieval bishopric
borderedBy Bishopric of Cambrai
Bishopric of Thérouanne
cathedral Arras Cathedral
church Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
continuedIn Ancien Régime
surface form: Ancien Régime France
country Kingdom of France
dissolutionCause Concordat of 1801
era Middle Ages
established 4th century
function administrative center
religious center
governmentType ecclesiastical principality
higherAuthority Pope
historicalImportance important bishopric in the Low Countries
historicalRegion County of Artois
surface form: Artois

Flanders NERFINISHED
jurisdiction territory around Arras
language Latin
Old French
linkedTo County of Artois
Kingdom of France
locatedIn Arras
County of Artois
surface form: Artois

Low Countries
locatedInPresentDay Belgium
France
metropolitanSee Archdiocese of Reims
notableFor influence in medieval Low Countries administration
role in Christianization of northern Gaul
partOf Ecclesiastical province of Reims
primaryClergyTitle Bishop of Arras
reestablished 1093
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
restoredAs Bishopric of Arras self-linksurface differs
surface form: Diocese of Arras
rite Latin Rite
seeCity Arras
successor Bishopric of Arras self-linksurface differs
surface form: Diocese of Arras
suppressed 1801
typeOfTerritory prince-bishopric

Referenced by (5)

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

Bishopric of Tournai borderedBy Bishopric of Arras
Bishopric of Cambrai precededBy Bishopric of Arras
this entity surface form: Diocese of Arras-Cambrai
Bishopric of Arras restoredAs Bishopric of Arras self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Diocese of Arras
Middle Dutch spokenIn Bishopric of Arras
Bishopric of Arras successor Bishopric of Arras self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Diocese of Arras