CERNĂUȚI (CHERNIVTSI). - First mentioned in 1408, as a modest village situated on the Prut, in southern Galicia (Poland). When, in 1775, this territory was annexed to Austria, C. was declared the capital of Bukovina. From this moment the development of C. begins. The only bishop of the Romanian Orthodox rite of the Bukovinian territory, with his seat at Rădăuți (Radautz), moved to the new capital; the imposing Cathedral was built in 1864 and the episcopal residence in 1875. In 1873 the see was elevated to a metropolis for all the Orthodox Romanians of Austria. In 1875 the University was established. In 1918 Bukovina passed under Romania and C. became the capital of a department. In 1928 it had 120,000 inhabitants. After the Second World War it was annexed to the Soviet Republic of Moldavia (Ukraine).
Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. III, 1949 Geography & dioceses States, regions and cities
Cernăuți (Chernivtsi)
CERNĂUTI (CZERNOWITZ)
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By Giuseppe Löw
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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III (1949), col. 1321.
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Lów, Giuseppe. “CernĂUti (Czernowitz).” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, col. 1321. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/cernauti-czernowitz.
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Lów, Giuseppe. “CernĂUti (Czernowitz).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 1321. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/cernauti-czernowitz.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec3_cernauti_czernowitz,
author = {Lów, Giuseppe},
title = {CernĂUti (Czernowitz)},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {III},
pages = {1321},
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/cernauti-czernowitz}
}
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