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Poitiers [a] is a city on the river Clain in west-central France. It is a commune, the capital of the Vienne department and the historical center of Poitou Province ...
2nd C. CE – Roman Poitiers Amphitheatre built. [2] 2nd–3rd C. – Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Poitiers established. [3] 4th C. CE – Baptistère Saint-Jean and Église Saint-Hilaire le Grand (church) built. [1] 350-367 - Hilary of Poitiers first bishop of Poitiers. [1] 418 – Region of southwest Gaul ceded to Visigoths per treaty. [1]
Coin of Richard the Lionheart as Count of Poitiers; it bears the inscriptions RICARDVS REX / PICTAVIENSIS. Carolingian Counts. Bernard I (814-828) Renaud (795–843) Bernard II (840 - 844) Emenon or Emeno (828 – 839), brother of Bernard II; Ranulph I (839–866) Ranulph II (866–890), [1] son of Ranulph I; Gauzbert (857–892) Robert I (866 ...
Poitou (UK: / ˈ p w ʌ t uː / PWUH-too, US: / p w ɑː ˈ t uː / pwah-TOO, [2] [3] [4] French:; Latin: Pictaviensis, Pictavia; Poitevin: Poetou) was a province of west-central France whose capital city was Poitiers. Both Poitou and Poitiers are named after the Pictones Gallic tribe.
In 1384–86 Jean I, duc de Berry, who was also appanage count of Poitiers, rebuilt the part of the palace which had been destroyed by fire. On the one hand, the donjon and the ramparts were reconstructed; on the other hand, the private apartments were restored in the Gothic Flamboyant style by Jean's court architect and sculptor Guy de Dammartin.
The House of Poitiers produced many dukes of Aquitaine, who were officially titled counts of Poitiers.This line became extinct in the male-line in 1137, and completely in 1204 with the death of Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine, who was by her first marriage queen of France and by her second marriage queen of England.
This event is represented, in the church, in a stained glass window of the 19th century and on a table of the 17th century. The church of St-Hilaire-la-Grande of Poitiers preserves three stone statues (the Virgin with the Child, Saint Hilary and Saint Radegunda) which formerly decorated the gate of the moat, the place of the miracle.
Hilary of Poitiers (Latin: Hilarius Pictaviensis; c. 310 – c. 367) [2] was Bishop of Poitiers and a Doctor of the Church. He was sometimes referred to as the "Hammer of the Arians " ( Malleus Arianorum ) and the " Athanasius of the West". [ 3 ]