Diocese of Rubicón

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The Diocese of Rubicón was a Roman Catholic diocese based in Rubicón on the island of Lanzarote . In 1485 the bishopric was moved to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the diocese was renamed the Diocese of the Canary Islands ( Latin : Dioecesis Canariense Rubicense ).

Rubicón Castle

The Rubicón fortification was built in 1402 at the instigation of the French nobles Jean den Béthencourt and Gadifer de La Salle, with the consent of the indigenous rulers, at the southern end of the island of Lanzarote. It consisted mainly of a fortified tower with a floor area of ​​around 50 m 2 . The facility was intended to protect the landing site from which the French wanted to conduct trade between the island and Europe. The construction of a church should also make Rubicón the starting point for the Christianization of the Canary Islands.

Foundation of the Rubicón Diocese

On July 7, 1404, Pope Benedict XIII. through the bull "Romanus pontifex" the diocese Rubicón ( dioecesis rubicensis ) as a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Seville. He declared the Castillo de Rubicón a city ( ciudad rubicense ) and the church, dedicated to Saint Martial of Limoges , a cathedral . The church had a footprint of 13.5 × 7 m. The first bishop, the Franciscan Fray Alonso de San Lúcar de Barrameda, never visited his diocese in the Canary Islands.

Diocese of Fuerteventura

As a result of the occidental schism , Pope Martin V founded the diocese of Fuerteventura in 1424 . The bishopric was in the city of Betancuria . The diocese included the territory of the Canary Islands with the exception of the island of Lanzarote. The Bishop of Rubicón continued to serve there. In 1431 the diocese of Fuerteventura was dissolved and the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rubicón was restored for the whole of the Canary Islands.

Relocation of the bishopric

On August 25, 1435, Pope Eugene IV approved the relocation of the bishopric to Las because of the frequent attacks by pirates who suffered the island of Lanzarote and especially the town of Rubicón, and because the small population of Lanzarote could not finance the church and the bishop Palmas de Gran Canaria . This relocation and renaming of the Canary Islands diocese ( Spanish: Diócesis de Canarias ) could not take place until 1485, as the conquest of Gran Canaria was not completed until 1483. The Rubicón diocese had ten bishops over the years , but only six of them lived in Lanzarote.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Antonio Tejera Gaspar, Eduardo Aznar Vallejo: San Marcial de Rubicón: la primera ciudad europea de Canarias . Artemisa, La Laguna 2004, ISBN 84-96374-02-5 , pp. 72 (Spanish).
  2. ^ Antonio Tejera Gaspar, Eduardo Aznar Vallejo: San Marcial de Rubicón: la primera ciudad europea de Canarias . Artemisa, La Laguna 2004, ISBN 84-96374-02-5 , pp. 76 (Spanish).
  3. ^ Antonio Tejera Gaspar, Eduardo Aznar Vallejo: San Marcial de Rubicón: la primera ciudad europea de Canarias . Artemisa, La Laguna 2004, ISBN 84-96374-02-5 , pp. 73 (Spanish).
  4. ↑ Julio Sánchez Rodríguez: La iglesia de las Islas Canarias. (pdf) Secretariado de Medios de Comunicación de la Diócesis de Canarias, 2006, p. 19 , accessed on March 9, 2019 (Spanish).
  5. ↑ Julio Sánchez Rodríguez: La Iglesia en las Islas Canarias . Gobierno de Canarias; Dirección General de Cultura, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 2004, ISBN 84-7947-377-0 , p. 22nd f . (Spanish, [1] [accessed September 3, 2017]).
  6. ↑ Julio Sánchez Rodríguez: San Marcial de Rubicón y los obispados de Canarias. (pdf) Diario de Las palmas, 2013, accessed on November 2, 2017 (Spanish).
  7. ↑ Julio Sánchez Rodríguez: San Marcial de Rubicón y los obispados de Canarias. (pdf) Diario de Las palmas, 2013, accessed on November 2, 2017 (Spanish).

literature

  • Antonio Tejera Gaspar, Eduardo Aznar Vallejo: San Marcial de Rubicón: la primera ciudad europea de Canarias . Artemisa, La Laguna 2004, ISBN 84-96374-02-5 (Spanish).
  • Julio Sánchez Rodríguez: La iglesia de las Islas Canarias. (pdf) Secretariado de Medios de Comunicación de la Diócesis de Canarias, 2006, accessed on March 9, 2019 (Spanish).