BOURG-EN-BRESSE, DIOCESE OF. - Capital of the department of the Ain on the left bank of the river Reyssouze; it was erected in 1515 at the request of Francis I, but the bull was revoked the following year; it was re-established in 1521 at the request of Charles V by Leo X, who assigned to it the territories of Bresse, of the Dombes and of the county of Burgundy, which until then had belonged to the diocese of Lyon. It was suppressed in 1534 by Paul III, who assigned it to Lyon, whence it passed to Belley in 1822.
The oldest parish of B. was the priory of St-Pierre-de-Brou, from the middle of the 11th century, situated one km south of B.; only the 15th-century cloister remains of it. The church was rebuilt by Margaret of Bourbon and consecrated in 1522; it is in Gothic style with three naves and contains the tombs of the foundress, of her husband Philip the Fair and of Margaret of Austria, and it is dedicated to St. Nicholas of Tolentino. Also in Gothic style is the interior of the church of Notre-Dame, begun in 1505, continued in the 17th century and finished in the 19th century; and likewise the abbey of the Poor Clares founded in 1402 by Amadeus I of Savoy.
Bibliography3 worksCh. Jarrin, Cartulaire de B.-en-B., Bourg 1883; V. Nolet, L'église de Brou, ibid. 1906; A. Germain, Le musée de
BIBL.: Ch. Jarrin, Cartulaire de B.-en-B., Bourg 1883; V. Nolet, L'église de Brou, ibid. 1906; A. Germain, Le musée de
B., Paris 1917; A. des Mazis, Brou, in DHG, X, col. 855; L.-H. Cottineau, Répertoire topo-bibliographique des abboyes et priemés, I, Mâcon 1939, coll. 513-15.
Josi, Enrico. “Bourg-En-Bresse, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, coll. 1985–1986. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/bourg-en-bresse-diocesi-di.
MLA
Josi, Enrico. “Bourg-En-Bresse, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, coll. 1985–1986. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/bourg-en-bresse-diocesi-di.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec2_bourg_en_bresse_diocesi_di,
author = {Josi, Enrico},
title = {Bourg-En-Bresse, diocesi di},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {II},
pages = {1985--1986},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1949},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/bourg-en-bresse-diocesi-di}
}
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