Lombers () is a
commune in the
Tarn department in southern
France
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.
History
Lombers was the significant centre of
Catharism
Catharism ( ; from the , "the pure ones") was a Christian quasi- dualist and pseudo-Gnostic movement which thrived in Southern Europe, particularly in northern Italy and southern France, between the 12th and 14th centuries.
Denounced as a he ...
in the late 12th and early 13th centuries. It was the location of a Catholic-Cathar debate, perhaps in the 1180s, between
Guillaume Peyre de Brens, Catholic
bishop of Albi
The Archdiocese of Albi(); () is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Toulouse, and it comprises the department of Tarn.
In the 12th century, the spread of alternative beliefs in the regio ...
, and
Sicard le Cellerier,
Cathar bishop of Albi; Sicard lived at Lombers.
[ pp. 40-43.]
Geography
The commune is traversed by the river
Assou.
See also
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Communes of the Tarn department
The following is a list of the 314 communes of the Tarn department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):
References
Communes of Tarn (department)
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