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1481 - Fire destroyed the roof and the spires of Reims Cathedral. [3] 1509 – Palace of Tau rebuilt. 1547 – Reims University founded. [5] 1582 – New Testament of the Douay–Rheims Bible printed in Reims. 1628 – Hôtel de Ville completed. [6] 1729 – Ruinart champagne house in business. 1733 – Parc de la Patte d'Oie laid out.
Reims (/ r iː m z / REEMZ; [4] French: ⓘ; also spelled Rheims in English) is the most populous city in the French department of Marne, and the 12th most populous city in France. The city lies 129 km (80 mi) northeast of Paris on the Vesle river, a tributary of the Aisne. Founded by the Gauls, Reims became a major city in the Roman Empire. [5]
The Douay–Rheims Bible (/ ˌ d uː eɪ ˈ r iː m z, ˌ d aʊ eɪ-/, [1] US also / d uː ˌ eɪ-/), also known as the Douay–Rheims Version, Rheims–Douai Bible or Douai Bible, and abbreviated as D–R, DRB, and DRV, is a translation of the Bible from the Latin Vulgate into English made by members of the English College, Douai, in the service of the Catholic Church. [2]
A Portuguese statue of Eugene III, who called the council. In 1148, a Council of Reims was called by Pope Eugene III to consider a variety of issues for the Church.Originally the summons to the council went out in October 1147 and it was supposed to be held in February 1148 at Trier, but conditions there were such that it was moved to Reims.
Fragment from the Reims Gospel Illumination Proverbs 8:28-35, Matthew 1:1-2. Reims Gospel (French: Texte du Sacre which means "coronation text"; also referred to in some Czech sources as the Emmaus Evangelie or Remešský kodex) is an illuminated manuscript of Slavonic (Slavic) origin which became part of the Reims Cathedral treasury.
The first Christian church there was founded by the first bishop, Saint Sixtus of Reims between 250 and 300. At the beginning of the 5th century, in the Merovingian period, the Bishop Nicasius transferred the cathedral its present location, the site formerly occupied by Gallo-Roman bath built by the Emperor Constantine.
It was at the English College at Douai that the English translation of the Bible known as the Douay–Rheims Bible was completed in 1609. However, the college did see opposition from the university and town, with all the English at Douai expelled in 1578 and the college finding a temporary base at Rheims. [3]
In 1407 Archbishop Guido III convened a synod to abolish the abuses that had crept into the Church of Reims during the Western Schism. In 1528 Archbishop Robert III held a synod against Martin Luther. In 1564 Cardinal Charles of Lorraine convened a reformatory synod to enforce the Tridentine Council decrees.