Ancient Diocese of Laon
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The diocese of Laon in the present-day département of Aisne, was a Catholic diocese for around 1300 years, up to the French Revolution. Its seat was in Laon, France, with Laon Cathedral. From early in
Laon Cathedral
Peerage of France
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The Peerage of France was a hereditary distinction within the French nobility which appeared in 1180 during the Middle Ages.
Ancient Diocese of Laon
…1300 years, up to the French Revolution. Its seat was in Laon, France, with Laon Cathedral. From early in the 13th century, the bishop of Laon was a Pair de France, among the elite. The Diocese of Laon was evangelized at an uncertain date by St. Beatus; the see was founded in 487 by St. Remy, who cut it off from…
Coats of arms of the twelve peers of France, 1516
Chamber of Peers in the Palais du Luxembourg (1841)