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Sens ((:sɑ̃s)) is a commune in the Yonne department in Burgundy in north-central France, 120 km from Paris. Sens is a sub-prefecture and the second city of the department, the sixth in the region. It is crossed by the Yonne and the Vanne, which empties into the Yonne here. ==History== The city is supposed to have been one of the oppida of the Senones, one of the oldest Celtic tribes living in Gaul. It is mentioned as Agedincum by Julius Caesar〔The manuscripts of the ''Gallic War'' also give varied readings of ''Agendicum'' and ''Agetincum'' (William Smith, ed. ''A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography''); the gilded statue of "Brennus" ("leader") surmounts the ''hôtel de ville''.〕 several times in his ''Commentarii de Bello Gallico''. The Roman city was built during the first century BC and surrounded by walls during the third. It still retains today the skeleton of its Roman street plan.〔Its Cardo (rue de la République) and Decumanus Maximus (Grande Rue) still meet at near right angles.〕 The site was referred to by Ammianus Marcellinus as ''Senones'' (''oppidum Senonas'') but it did not become an administrative center until after the reorganization of the Roman Empire in 375, when it was the chief town of Lugdunensis Quarta. During the Middle Ages, its archbishops〔The bishop of Sens perhaps became an archbishop as early as the mid-5th century, but the cult of the traditional founders Savinian and Potentian, not mentioned by Gregory of Tours, did not appear until the 8th century, when they were added to the local recension of the Seventy Apostles. ((''Catholic Encyclopedia'': Sens )).〕 held the prestigious role of primates of Gaul and Germany. The Hôtel de Sens in Paris was their official residence in that city. The Archdiocese of Sens ruled over the dioceses of Chartres, Auxerre, Meaux, Paris, Orléans, Nevers and Troyes. Starting from 1135, the cathedral of Sens, dedicated to Saint Stephen, was rebuilt as one of the first Gothic cathedrals. There, in 1234, Louis IX of France celebrated his wedding to Marguerite of Provence. Sens witnessed the trial of Peter Abelard. Pope Alexander III sojourned for some time in the city, and there also Thomas Becket spent part of his exile between 1162 and 1165. The Archdiocese of Sens hosted a number of church councils. Sens lived troublesome times during the Wars of Religion. The city declined after Paris was elevated to archdiocese in 1622. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sens」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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