Bishopric of Lebus
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Prince-Bishopric of Lebus | |||||||||
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| 1248–1555 | |||||||||
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| Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire[1] | ||||||||
| Capital | Lebus (Lubusz) Göritz (Górzyca) from 1276 Fürstenwalde from 1373 | ||||||||
| Government | Prince-Bishopric | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Diocese established | 1125 | ||||||||
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• Secularized | 1555 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany Poland | ||||||||
The Bishopric of Lebus (German: Bistum Lebus; Polish: Diecezja lubuska) was a Roman Catholic diocese of Poland and later an ecclesiastical territory of the Holy Roman Empire. It existed from 1125 until 1598. The diocese encompassed areas on both sides of the Oder River around the town of Lebus/Lubusz later called Lubusz Land.
History[]
The diocese was established about 1125 by the Piast Duke Bolesław III Wrymouth of Poland in the westernmost region of Poland in the lands west of Greater Poland settled by pagan Polabian Slavs, in order to counter the eastward expansion of the Holy Roman Empire expedited by Emperor Henry V and the Archbishopric of Magdeburg. Duke Bolesław prompted the construction of St. Adalbert Cathedral in Lubusz, consecrated to the diocesan patron saint Adalbert of Prague, which was later destroyed.[2]
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- ^ Imperial immediacy denied by Brandenburg.
- ^ Walter Stephan, "Das Madonnen-Siegel der VIADRINA und des Bischofs Dietrich von Lebus", in: Gabriel (April 2006), Sammlergilde St. Gabriel e. V. (ed.), cf. online extract Archived May 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, retrieved on 18 April 2011.
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- 12th-century establishments in Poland
- 1125 establishments in Europe
- 1598 disestablishments in the Holy Roman Empire
- Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Germany
- Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Poland
- Former states and territories of Brandenburg
- Roman Catholic dioceses in the Holy Roman Empire
- Prince-bishoprics of the Holy Roman Empire in Germany
- Religious organizations established in the 1120s
- Roman Catholic dioceses established in the 12th century