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Collegiate Church of Notre-Dame, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon

collegiate church located in Gard, in France

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 15, 2024
Entity authorityQ2983936 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Collegiate Church of Notre-Dame (French: Collégiale Notre-Dame) is a Gothic church in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, Gard, Occitanie, France.

History

It was completed in 1314 and consecrated in 1333 by cardinal Arnaud de Via, bishop of Cahors, and nephew of Pope John XXII. A bell tower was added in 1362. The church and its cloister were made a monument historique in 1862.

References

Bibliography (in French)

Joseph Girard, Évocation du Vieil Avignon, Les éditions de Minuit, Paris, 1958, p. 364-368

Jean-Marie Pérouse de Montclos (ed.), Le guide du patrimoine Languedoc Roussillon, Hachette, Paris, 2006, p. 574, ISBN 978-2-01-242333-6

Léon-Honoré Labande, "La collégiale de Notre-Dame"., in Congrès archéologique de France, 76e session. Avignon. 1909, Société française d'archéologie, Paris, 1910, tome 1, Guide du congrès, p. 141-144

Francis Salet, "L'église Notre-Dame de Villeneuve-lès-Avignon", dans Congrès archéologique de France. 121e session.

Editorial summary

“Collegiate Church of Notre-Dame, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon” enters the record as collegiate church located in Gard, in France. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Collegiate, Church and Notre-Dame can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1314, 1333, 1362, 1862—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1314. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Collegiate, Church and Notre-Dame.
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Why this record matters

“Collegiate Church of Notre-Dame, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Collegiate, Church and Notre-Dame provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 15, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q2983936. VIAF identifies the subject as 242753009. Authority coordinates are 43.963, 4.797. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1314, 1333, 1362 and 1862.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Collegiate Church of Notre-Dame, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Collegiate Church of Notre-Dame, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon primary sources, Collegiate Church of Notre-Dame, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon archive and Collegiate research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Collegiate Church of Notre-Dame, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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This entry incorporates text from “Collegiate Church of Notre-Dame, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.