The Church

The Church

Lyon was designated the first Archbishopric outside of Italy. France was proselytized from the base established at Lyon. Both temporal and spiritual authority reside with the Archbishop and the Canons of Saint Jean. It is with good reason that Lyon was informally dubbed "The Second Rome".


The Archbishop of Lyon
The Cathedral Chapter of Saint John the Baptist
The Abbeys

The Collegiates

Chapter Saint Just
Chapter Saint Paul
Chapter Saint Irénée
Chapter Saint Thomas and Saint Mary the Virgin
Chapter Saint Nizier
Chapter Saint Ruf
Chapter Notre-Dame
Chapter Saint Marie Magdalene

The Monasteries

The Abbey of Saint Pierre
The Abbey of Saint Martin of Ainay
The Abbey of Saint Martin of the Ile Barbe
The Abbey of Saint Martin of Savigny
The Abbey of Saint Claude
The Clunisiens
The Cistercians

The Military Orders

The Order of Saint John
The Templars
The Order of Saint Antoine de Viennois
The Order of the Hospital of Saint Esprit

The Penitentiary Orders

The Brothers of the Penitence of Jesus Christ?
The Béguinses?
The Penitents of Saint Martin the Pol?

The Begging Orders

The Valdensians
The Prêcheurs
The Cordeliers
The Carmelites
The Augustines
The Clarisses

The Churches

Notre Dame de Fourvière
Saint Romain
Saint Pierre le Vieux
Saint Alban
Saint Martin of Ainay
Notre Dame de la Platière

The Hospices
The Maladeries

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