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Creation of the diocese of Solsona

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Creation of the diocese of Solsona

Historical milestone · Solsona, Solsonès, Lleida

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In 1593 Pope Clement VIII approved the erection of the diocese of Solsona at the request of Philip II, and the church of the former Augustinian canonry became a cathedral. A year later the town received the title of city. The creation answered the king's wish to establish, close to the border with France, dioceses that would act as a barrier against the Protestant Huguenots. Around 1589 it was proposed in Rome to create three new Catalan dioceses, in Solsona, Manresa and Balaguer, always giving preference to Solsona; the request was delayed by the successive deaths of several popes, until Clement VIII resolved it by secularising all the Augustinian canonries of Catalonia and creating a single diocese with its see in Solsona.

1593

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