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The abbey church became a cathedral on the formation of the Diocese of Saint-Denis by Pope Paul VI in 1966 and is the seat of the Bishop of Saint-Denis, currently (since 2009) Pascal Delannoy. Although known as the "Basilica of St Denis", the cathedral has not been granted the title of Minor Basilica by the Vatican .
However, Saint-Denis is older than that. In the 2nd century, there was a Gallo-Roman village named Catolacus on the location that Saint-Denis occupies today. Saint Denis, the first bishop of Paris and patron saint of France, was martyred in about 250 AD and buried in the cemetery of Catolacus. Denis' tomb quickly became a place of worship.
To the north, the plain between Pas-de-la-Chapelle and Saint-Denis (today's Plaine Saint-Denis) was an important Gallic cultic center [18] and the Druids held their summer solstice gatherings around a tumulus considered to be the tomb of the ancestor of the Gauls. [17] [19] It took the name of Endit, then, by agglutination of the article, Lendit.
Seine-Saint-Denis (French pronunciation: [sɛn sɛ̃ d(ə)ni] ⓘ) is a department of France located in the Grand Paris metropolis in the Île-de-France region.In French, it is often referred to colloquially as quatre-vingt treize or neuf trois ("ninety-three" or "nine three"), after its official administrative number, 93.
The Grand Staircase. The first meeting place of the bailiff and aldermen, appointed by King Louis XV on 9 June 1720, was the home of Jean-Baptiste Le Laboureur. This arrangement continued until 30 July 1733, when they relocated to a house on Place Pannetière (now Place Victor-Hugo). [1]
Denis of France was a 3rd-century Christian martyr and saint.According to his hagiographies, he was bishop of Paris (then Lutetia) in the third century and, together with his companions Rusticus and Eleutherius, was martyred for his faith by decapitation.
Saint Denis of Paris, 3rd-century Christian martyr and saint, patron saint of Paris Denis the Carthusian (1402–1471) Brent St. Denis (born 1950), Canadian politician
The Diocese of Saint-Denis in Île-de-France (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Dionysii in Francia; French: Diocèse de Saint-Denis-en-France) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in France. Erected in 1966 by Pope Paul VI, the diocese was split off from the Archdiocese of Paris and the Diocese of Versailles.