Sens (săNs) , town (1990 pop. 27,755), Yonne dept., N central France, on the Yonne River. Leather tanning and the manufacture of safes, electrical equipment, gears, and pharmaceuticals are the chief industries. Sens was the capital of the Senones, a Gallic tribe, and was later a Roman metropolis. The town was attacked by the Saracens in 731 and by the Normans in 886 and was annexed by the French crown in 1055. Sens was an archiepiscopal see almost without interruption from the 8th cent; its prelates had jurisdiction over Paris until 1622 when that city became a separate archdiocese. A council held in Sens in 1140 condemned the teachings of Peter Abelard. The town was a stronghold of the Holy League during the early 16th cent. A massacre of Huguenots took place at Sens in 1562. The Cathedral of Saint-Étienne (begun 1140), one of the oldest Gothic cathedrals, was largely built by William of Sens, who also reconstructed much of Canterbury Cathedral in England.
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Coordinates: 48°14′51″N 3°17′16″E / 48.24754°N 3.287659°E
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Sens is a town and commune of France, in the Yonne département, of which it is a sous-préfecture, in the Bourgogne région. It is crossed by the Yonne and the Vanne, which empties into the Yonne here.
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History
Caesar mentions Agedincum in the territory of the Senones[1] several times in his Commentarii de Bello Gallico, and the city retains the skeleton of its Roman street-plan.[2] The site was referred to by Ammianus Marcellinus as Senones (oppidum Senonas) but it did not become an administrative center until after the reorganization of the Roman Empire in 375, when it was the chief town of Lugdunensis Quarta.
During the Middle Ages, its archbishops[3] held the prestigious role of Primates of Gaul and Germany. The Hôtel de Sens in Paris was their official residence in that city. Starting from 1135, the cathedral of Sens, dedicated to Saint Stephen, was rebuilt as one of the first Gothic cathedrals; there, in 1234 Louis IX of France celebrated his wedding to Marguerite of Provence. Sens witnessed the trial of Peter Abelard, Pope Alexander III sojourned for some time in the city, and there also Thomas Becket spent part of his exile.
Sens lived troublesome times during the Wars of Religion.
Main sights
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- The Cathedral, one of the first Gothic edifices in France.
- Archbishops' Palace.
- Church of St. Maurice.
- House of Abraham.
- Museum.
- Serres municipales de Sens, municipal greenhouses
Administration
Sens is the chief-town of the arrondissement of Sens.
Miscellanea
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It is the presumed birthplace of the 12th-century architect William of Sens.
Twin towns
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Notes
- ^ The manuscripts of the Gallic War also give varied readings of Agendicum and Agetincum (William Smith, ed. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography); the gilded statue of "Brennus" ("leader") surmounts the hôtel de ville.
- ^ Its Cardo (rue de la République) and Decumanus Maximus (Grande Rue) still meet at near right angles.
- ^ The bishop of Sens perhaps became an archbishop as early as the mid-5th century, but the cult of the traditional founders Savinian and Potentian, not mentioned by Gregory of Tours, did not appear until the 8th century, when they were added to the local recension of the Seventy Apostles. (Catholic Encyclopedia: Sens).
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- Official website (French)
- This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913. archdiocese & Councils City council website (in French)
- Richard Stillwell, ed. Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, 1976: "Agedincum (Sens), Yonne, France"
- Pictures of Sens Cathedral: [1], [2], [3]
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