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The former French Catholic diocese of Comminges existed at least from the sixth century, to the French Revolution. The seat of the bishops was at Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, now no more than a village, in the modern department of Haute-Garonne in south-west France. The territory of the old diocese now belongs to the archdiocese of Toulouse. ==History== The earliest Bishop of Comminges we know of is Suavis, who assisted at the Council of Agde in 506; but Sidonius Apollinaris speaks of the persecutions suffered at the hands of the Arian Goths in the fifth century by the bishops of Comminges. Saint Africus (c. 540), who died in the Rouergue, is wrongly included among the bishops of Comminges. Among the bishops of Comminges were: *Saint Bertrand of Comminges (1073–1123), grandson of William III, Count of Toulouse, previously archdeacon of Toulouse, who built the cathedral of Comminges and restored the town *Bertrand de Goth (1295–99), who became pope under the name of Clement V *Bertrand de Cosnac (1352–72), cardinal in 1372 *Amelius de Lautrec (1384–90), cardinal in 1385; *Pierre de Foix (1422–64), cardinal in 1427 *John Cibo, who became pope in 1484 under the name of Innocent VIII, for a short time in 1467 held the title of Comminges *Cardinal Amanieu d'Albret, who was Bishop of Comminges in 1504 and 1507 *Cardinal Carlo Caraffa, strangled in the pontificate of Pope Pius IV, was probably Bishop of Comminges about the middle of the sixteenth century *Urban de Saint-Gelais, who in 1586, without outside assistance and with the help of a cannon which he caused to be brought from Toulouse, captured the town from the Huguenots. In the church of St. Bertrand of Comminges baptism was administered with peculiar ceremonies: the baptismal water was kept in a large silver dove with wings displayed, and enclosed in a cupola surmounting the font; at the moment of baptizing the dove was lowered, by a pulley, over the head of the child and through its open beak the baptismal water was poured.〔(Catholic Encyclopedia: Toulouse )〕 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「Ancient Diocese of Comminges」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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