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Saint-Lizier

Also known as Lugdunum Consoranorum

Saint-Lizier is a small town in Ariège in the French Pyrenees, the Roman Lugdunum Consoranorum, chief town of the Consoranni. It later took the name of its early bishop Lycerius and was the seat of the bishops of Couserans until 1801. Its Romanesque cathedral and cloister are part of the World Heritage routes of Santiago de Compostela.

Saint-Lizier
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Saint-Lizier. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/saint-lizier
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The Epoch Institute. “Saint-Lizier.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/saint-lizier.
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