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The Mass. The Tournai Mass comprises six movements, each of which is for three voices. The Kyrie is written in Franconian notation, and is stylistically typical of mid-to-late 13th century practice. The Gloria has freer rhythmic interplay than the Kyrie, characteristic of Ars Nova developments. It is concluded by a huge amen which makes use of ...
Tournai Cathedral. The Cathedral of Our Lady (French: Notre-Dame de Tournai; Dutch: Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Doornik), or Tournai Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral, see of the Diocese of Tournai in Tournai, Belgium. It has been classified both as a Wallonia major heritage site since 1936 [5] and as a World Heritage Site since 2000.
The Diocese of Tournai (Latin: Dioecesis Tornacensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Belgium. The diocese was formed in 1146, upon the dissolution of the Diocese of Noyon and Tournai, which had existed since the 7th century. [1] It is now suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the ...
Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula in Brussels. The Belgian Catholic Church, also known as the Catholic Church in Belgium, is part of the global Catholic Church and is under the spiritual leadership of the Pope, the curia in Rome and the Episcopal Conference of Bishops. St. Paul's Cathedral in Liège
Coordinates: 50°36′24″N 03°23′06″E. Church of Saint Quentin, Tournai. The Church of St. Quentin (French: Église Saint-Quentin) is a Roman Catholic parish church in Tournai, Belgium. The largely Romanesque building is located on the main square of the town, the Grand-Place. Known to have existed since the 10th century, the current ...
See: List of Catholic cathedrals in Belgium [1] Cathedral of Our Lady (Antwerp) St. Salvator's Cathedral, Bruges; Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula, Brussels; St Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent
The Reliquary Shrine of Saint Eleutherius, 1247, in the Cathedral of Tournai. The great gilt -copper and enamel Reliquary Shrine of Saint Eleutherius in the cathedral of Tournai ( Belgium ), one of the masterpieces of Gothic metalwork, [1] was commissioned by Bishop Walter de Marvis of Tournai, and completed in 1247, [2] on the occasion of the ...
Tournai, known as Tornacum, was a place of minor importance in Roman times, a stopping place where the Roman road from Cologne on the Rhine to Boulogne on the coast crossed the river Scheldt. It was fortified under Emperor Maximian in the 3rd century AD, [6] when the Roman limes was withdrawn to the string of outposts along the road.