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The venerated Black Madonna enshrined within was Pontifically crowned by Pope Pius IX on 31 May 1855.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartres_Cathedral Chartres Cathedral]</ref> | The venerated Black Madonna enshrined within was Pontifically crowned by Pope Pius IX on 31 May 1855.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartres_Cathedral Chartres Cathedral]</ref> | ||
==Earlier Cathedrals== | |||
[[File:Chartres-00001.jpg|thumb|Chartres Cathedral by Night]] | |||
At least five cathedrals have stood on this site, each replacing an earlier building damaged by war or fire. The first church dated from no later than the 4th century and was located at the base of a Gallo-Roman wall; this was put to the torch in 743 on the orders of the Duke of Aquitaine. The second church on the site was set on fire by Danish pirates in 858. This was then reconstructed and enlarged by Bishop Gislebert, but was itself destroyed by fire in 1020. A vestige of this church, now known as Saint Lubin Chapel, remains, underneath the apse of the present cathedral. It took its name from Lubinus, the mid-6th-century Bishop of Chartres. It is lower than the rest of the crypt and may have been the shrine of a local saint, prior to the church's rededication to the Virgin Mary. | |||
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==See Also== | |||
[[Azurites]] | |||
[[Rise of Arthur]] | |||
[[Albion Lightbody]] | |||
[[Paliadorians]] | |||
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[[Category: Ascension]] | |||