Saint-Cyprien, Lot

Saint-Cyprien is a former commune in the Lot department in south-western France. On 1 January 2018, it was merged into the new commune of Lendou-en-Quercy.[2]

Saint-Cyprien
Part of Lendou-en-Quercy
Location of Saint-Cyprien
Saint-Cyprien
Saint-Cyprien
Coordinates: 44°18′31″N 1°15′53″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentLot
ArrondissementCahors
CantonLuzech
CommuneLendou-en-Quercy
Area
1
15.07 km2 (5.82 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
259
 • Density17/km2 (45/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
46800
Elevation145–277 m (476–909 ft)
(avg. 222 m or 728 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History

Legend of the relics of St. Cyprian

The village's name comes from the name of Cyprian, bishop of Carthage, whose relics are claimed to have been hidden here during two centuries before reportedly transferred to Moissac in 1122.[3][4] This information comes from Aymeric de Peyrac in his Chronicle, and in an old lectionary of the abbey of Moissac, quoted by the Gallia Christiana, which says that the relics were transferred to Moissac from a place in the diocese of Cahors called Valles or Les Vaux. Alain de Solminihac probably did not believe the authenticity of the relics.[5]

Before 1790, the parish's name was Saint-Cyprien des Vaux.[6]

Administration

List of mayors since 1793 :

    • 1793-1796
      • Charles Bach
    • 1796-1799
      • Jean Laroque
    • 1799-1800
      • Jean Paul Joseph Rayet
    • 1800-1821
      • Jean Laroque
    • 1821-1826
      • Duc
    • 1826-1830
      • Bernard Lacavalerie
    • 1830-1832
      • Charles Mathieu de Tuller
    • 1832-1841
      • Pierre Bousquet
    • 1841-1848
      • Jean Pierre Gautié
    • 1848-1851
      • Bousquet
    • 1851-1852
      • Bernard Laroque
    • 1852-1862
      • Antoine Sourbié
    • 1862-1878
      • Gauthier J. Pierre Mercadié
    • 1878-1884
      • Clément Delprat
    • 1884-1885
      • Louis Verdier
    • 1885-1919
      • Eugène Mercadié
    • 1919-1948
      • Armand Mercadié
    • 1948-1953
      • Henri Chazarin
    • 1953-1973
      • Gilbert Borredon
    • 1973-1989
      • Daniel Maury
    • 1989-2017
      • Jean-Louis Vayssière

See also

References
  1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE
  2. "Arrêté du 6 décembre 2017 portant création de la commune nouvelle de Lendou-en-Quercy". Légifrance (in French). December 27, 2017. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
  3. La Haye, Régis de (1992). "Saint Cyprien, patron de Moissac" [St. Cyprian, patron of Moissac]. Bulletin de la Société Archéologique de Tarn-et-Garonne (in French). 117: 137–159. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
  4. "Cyprian, St". Encyclopedia.com. New Catholic Encyclopedia. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
  5. Albe, Edmond (1911). "Les reliques de saint Cyprien. Deux lettres inédites du vénérable Alain de Solminihac, évêque de Cahors (1637-1659)" [The relics of St. Cyprian. Two unpublished letters from the venerable Alain de Solminihac, bishop of Cahors (1637-1659)]. Revue d'histoire de l'Église de France (in French). 12: 725–727. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
  6. Abbé Jean Depeyre (1932). Saint-Cyprien des-Vaux : pages d'histoire locale [Saint-Cyprien des-Vaux: local history pages] (in French). Cahors: Ed. A. Bergon. Retrieved January 22, 2018.



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