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The Bishopric of Verdun was also a state of the Holy Roman Empire; it was located at the western edge of the Empire and was bordered by France, the Duchy of Luxembourg, and the Duchy of Bar. According to legend, Peter (774-798), successor of Madalvaeus, was granted temporal lordship of the Diocese by Charlemagne, but this is no longer accepted.〔 Because of the destruction of the archives in a fire Bishop Dadon (880-923) commissioned the ''Gesta episcoporum Virodunensium'' (Chronicle of the Bishops of Verdun) from Bertharius, a Benedictine monk. This was continued to 1250 by a second monk, Lawrence, and later by an anonymous writer.〔 The Holy Roman Emperor Otto III bestowed the title ''Count'' on Bishop Haimon (990-1024) and his successors in 997. The bishops had the right to appoint a temporary "count for life" (''comte viager''), theoretically subject to the authority of the bishop. These counts were selected from the noble family of Ardennes. There was frequent conflict between the count and the bishop. The Bishopric was annexed to France in 1552; this was recognized by the Holy Roman Empire in the Peace of Westphalia of 1648. It then was a part of the province of the Three Bishoprics. ==Bishops== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bishopric of Verdun」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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