Laon, Bishops Chapel
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Building Data for Laon, Bishops Chapel

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  • Type: Chapel
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  • Region: Picardie
  • Department: Aisne
  • Coords: 49.564, 3.6264
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  • Surveyed: 1977, 2015

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Documents for Laon, Bishops Chapel

1155/ca.1160



Appointment of chaplains for St. Nicholas and St. Jacques

II IDUS JULII. OBITUS RECOTENDE MEMORIE GALTERI DE MAURETANIA, LAUDENENSIS EPISCOPI...DOMOS LAUDUNI RUINOSAS OPTIME REPARAVIT, CAPELLAM QUOQUE SANCTI NICHOLAI ET SANCTI JACOBI A FUNDAMENTO ET STRUXIT, UBI DUOS IN PERPETUUM CAPELLANOS DE PROPRIO PREBENDAVIT.

Obit Gautier de Mortagne, bishop of Laon...the ruined houses of Laon were now repaired, chapels of Saint Nicholas and Saint Jacques were founded and built, where two chaplains were given prebends in perpetuity.

Source: Martyrologie et Nécrologie, Bibliotheque de Laon, No. 341, fol. 168.