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Billom (;
Auvergnat (; ) or (endonym: ) is a northern dialect of Occitan spoken in central and southern France, in particular in the former administrative region of Auvergne. Currently, research shows that there is not really a true Auvergnat dialect but rath ...
: ''Bilhom'') is a commune in the
Puy-de-Dôme Puy-de-Dôme (; or ''lo Puèi Domat'') is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in the centre of France. In 2021, it had a population of 662,285.department in the
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region in central
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.


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Billom was the birthplace of the
philosopher Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...
Georges Bataille Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille (; ; 10 September 1897 – 8 July 1962) was a French philosopher and intellectual working in philosophy, literature, sociology, anthropology, and history of art. His writing, which included essays, novels, ...
. It was also the birthplace of Cardinal Hugh Aycelin, OP, who was a 13th-century French Dominican
theologian Theology is the study of religious belief from a religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of ...
and
philosopher Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...
, and who served as lector at the ''Studium Provinciale'' of Santa Sabina in
Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...
, this institution being the predecessor of the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (the "Angelicum")."Frater Hugo de Bidiliomo provincie Francie, magister fuit egregius in theologia et mul umfamosus in romana curia; qui actu lector existens apud Sanctam Sabinam, per papam Nicolaum quartum eiusdem ecclesie factus cardinalis 6 May 1288 postmodum per Celestinum papa in 294est ordinatus in episcopum tiensem", cr. p. 3r, at http://www.e-theca.net/emiliopanella/lector12.htm, accessed 9 May 2011. See also ''Rome across Time and Space: Cultural Transmission and the Exchange of Ideas'' (2011), p. 275, at https://books.google.com/books?id=xGiHbiqknLgC&dq=%22&pg=PA275 accessed 2011.


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Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department The following is a list of the 463 communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department of France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include Fr ...


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Visit Billom - Official website for tourism
Communes of Puy-de-Dôme Auvergne Puy-de-Dôme communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{ClermontFerrand-geo-stub