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Rambles in the Pyrenees and the adjacent districts, Gascony, Pays de Foix, & Roussillon (1912)

Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton), 1848-1923 · New York : Dutton · leaf 261

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the direct jurisdiction of the Church ofRome. The Abbots often had to address the Holy Seefor solemn confirmation of their privileges and domin-ions, obtaining several Bulls to this effect in thetwelfth century. The name is a corruption of Coeno-bium loci electi, or Electense. The dedication was… … THE ABBEY CHURCH 215 ferred from Limoux. It was a good deal damagedduring the wars of religion, especially in 1577, but inthe seventeenth century the bishopric was held by theaustere Jansenist, Pavilion, friend of S. Vincent dePaul. The church is now entirely in ruins, thoughworks of repair have…

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