Global InformationAncient Diocese of Lavaur information
The bishopric of Lavaur (Tarn, France) (in Latin: dioecesis Vaurensis) was founded by Pope John XXII in his plan to reorganize the sprawling diocese of Toulouse. The town is situated some fifteen miles to the east of Toulouse. Lavaur had the reputation of being one of the strongest centers of Catharism, being referred to as sedes Satanae, atque erroris haeretici primatica ('seat of Satan and prime source of heretical error'[1] The diocese consisted of some 80–90 parishes. It hosted one abbey, that of Sorèz,[2] a convent of the Clarisses, a convent of the Daughters of the Cross, a convent of Dominicans, one of Franciscans, one of Capuchins, two of reformed Dominicans, and two houses of the Doctrinaires.[3] The diocese produced some 35,000 livres for the bishop.[4]
The diocese was abolished by the Concordat of 1801.
- ^ Thomas Salmon (1745). Modern History Or the Present State of All Nations. London: Longman. p. 470.
- ^ Gallia christiana XIII, pp. 354-368.
- ^ Prêtres de la Doctrine Chrétienne (in Latin: Congregatio Patrum Doctrinae Christianae), founded in Avignon in 1582 by César de Bus.
- ^ Robert de Hesseln (1771). Dictionnaire universel de la France, Contenant la Description Geographique et Historique (etc.) (in French). Paris: Desaint. p. 581.