Bishopric of Naumburg-Zeitz

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The Bishopric of Naumburg-Zeitz was a medieval Roman Catholic diocese in central Germany that played a significant religious and political role in the Holy Roman Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Prince-Bishopric
Roman Catholic diocese
associatedWith German Romanesque architecture
Gothic architecture
bishopSeatMovedFrom Zeitz
bishopSeatMovedTo Naumburg
borderedBy Landgraviate of Thuringia
Margraviate of Meissen
capital Naumburg
cathedral Naumburg Cathedral
Zeitz Cathedral
country Holy Roman Empire
dissolvedAsDiocese after the Protestant Reformation in the region
established 1028
establishedBy Emperor Conrad II
Pope John XIX
establishedFrom Bishopric of Zeitz
existedDuring High Middle Ages
Late Middle Ages
foundedForMissionAmong Slavic populations east of the Saale
governmentType Prince-bishopric
hadPoliticalRoleIn Holy Roman Empire
hadReligiousRoleIn Holy Roman Empire
hadSpiritualAuthorityOver clergy and laity in its diocesan territory
hadTemporalAuthorityOver princely territory within the Holy Roman Empire
language Latin
Middle High German
locatedIn Saxony
Thuringia
central Germany
metropolitanSee Archbishopric of Magdeburg
notableFor Naumburg Cathedral donor statues
linked to: Naumburg Cathedral
partOf Ecclesiastical province of Magdeburg
German stem duchies region
predecessor Bishopric of Zeitz
religion Roman Catholicism
rite Latin Rite
ruledBy Prince-bishop
secondarySee Zeitz
secularized 16th century
successor Electorate of Saxony
suppressed 16th century
suppressedAsTerritorialState 1564
territoryIncluded Naumburg
Zeitz
regions along the Saale River
typeOfJurisdiction diocese

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Naumburg (Saale) wasBishopricSeatOf Bishopric of Naumburg-Zeitz
Naumburg wasBishopricSeatOf Bishopric of Naumburg-Zeitz
Archbishopric of Magdeburg metropolitanSeeOf Bishopric of Zeitz-Naumburg
linked to: Bishopric of Naumburg-Zeitz
Obersächsischer Reichskreis appliesToJurisdiction Prince-Bishopric of Naumburg-Zeitz
linked to: Bishopric of Naumburg-Zeitz