Chartres - Cathédrale Notre-Dame
Montréal - Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption
Poitiers - Cathedral
Verona - Basilica di San Zeno
Arles - Saint-Trophime
Trogir - Cathedral of St. Lawrence
Pistoia - San Bartolomeo in Pantano
Milan - Basilica di Sant'Eustorgio
Milan - Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio
Milan - Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio
Wetzlar - Dom
Cologne - Schnütgen Museum
Pleyben - Saint Germain
La Chaise-Dieu
La Chaise-Dieu
Nuaillé-sur-Boutonne - Notre-Dame
Bitonto - Concattedrale di Bitonto
Gargilesse
Tui - Cathedral de Santa Maria
Chauvigny - Saint-Pierre
Estella - Iglesia de San Pedro de la Rúa
Santa María la Real de Irache
Sos del Rey Católico - Iglesia de San Esteban
Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges - Cathedral
Burgos - Cathedral
Bourges Cathedral
Antigny - Notre-Dame
Montmorillon Saint-Larent-and-Saint-Vincent
Saillac - Saint Jean Baptiste
Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne - Saint-Pierre
Huesca - Catedral de Santa Maria
Santa María la Real de Irache
Altamura - Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta
Cologne - Cathedral
Milan - Basilica di Sant'Eustorgio
Milan - Basilica di Sant'Eustorgio
Milan - Basilica di Sant'Eustorgio
Pisweg - St. Lambert
Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume - Sainte-Marie-Madel…
Fidenza - Cattedrale di San Donnino
Ravenna - Sant’Apollinare Nuovo
Arezzo - Santa Maria della Pieve
Pistoia - San Bartolomeo in Pantano
Pistoia - Sant'Andrea
Pistoia - Sant'Andrea
Location
See also...
Keywords
Authorizations, license
-
Visible by: Everyone -
All rights reserved
-
247 visits
Le Mans - Saint-Julien du Mans
![Le Mans - Saint-Julien du Mans Le Mans - Saint-Julien du Mans](https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/70/20/36797020.f67dbfad.640.jpg?r2)
![](https://s.ipernity.com/T/L/z.gif)
An existing celtic settlement was conquered by the Romans 56bC and named Suindinum. Saint Julien du Mans, to whom the cathedral is dedicated, was the first bishop here upto 348. He was followed by Saint Liborius du Mans, who died here in 397 and was buried next to his predecessor inside the existing cathedral.
In 835 Saint Liborius´s relics were exhumed and - on order of Emperor Louis the Pious - transferred to Paderborn (900kms northeast), where Louis´ father Emperor Charlemagne had founded a diocese in 799. This young diocese suffered, as it had no saint of its own.
From this "translation" arose a "brotherhood" between Le Mans and Paderborn, considered to be the oldest "twinning contract" still in force.
The "Cathédrale Saint-Julien du Mans" was erected over a very long period. It has a Romanesque nave and a Gothic choir. The first nave of the cathedral was erected from 1100 on. Following a fire in 1134, a rebuilding programme was begun, following a different, more complex blueprint. This was partly funded by Henry II of England (aka "Henry Plantagenet", "Henry Curtmantle"), whose father, Geoffroy of Anjou (aka "the Handsome", "le Bel") was buried here in 1151.
The construction of the Gothic ambulatory choir started in 1217. The choir, that is about as long as the nave, was consecrated on April 24, 1254.
The oldest stained glass windows here date back to 1230/1240. Here is the Dream of the Magi.
In 835 Saint Liborius´s relics were exhumed and - on order of Emperor Louis the Pious - transferred to Paderborn (900kms northeast), where Louis´ father Emperor Charlemagne had founded a diocese in 799. This young diocese suffered, as it had no saint of its own.
From this "translation" arose a "brotherhood" between Le Mans and Paderborn, considered to be the oldest "twinning contract" still in force.
The "Cathédrale Saint-Julien du Mans" was erected over a very long period. It has a Romanesque nave and a Gothic choir. The first nave of the cathedral was erected from 1100 on. Following a fire in 1134, a rebuilding programme was begun, following a different, more complex blueprint. This was partly funded by Henry II of England (aka "Henry Plantagenet", "Henry Curtmantle"), whose father, Geoffroy of Anjou (aka "the Handsome", "le Bel") was buried here in 1151.
The construction of the Gothic ambulatory choir started in 1217. The choir, that is about as long as the nave, was consecrated on April 24, 1254.
The oldest stained glass windows here date back to 1230/1240. Here is the Dream of the Magi.
- Keyboard shortcuts:
Jump to top
RSS feed- Latest comments - Subscribe to the comment feeds of this photo
- ipernity © 2007-2024
- Help & Contact
|
Club news
|
About ipernity
|
History |
ipernity Club & Prices |
Guide of good conduct
Donate | Group guidelines | Privacy policy | Terms of use | Statutes | In memoria -
Facebook
Twitter
Sign-in to write a comment.