Episcopal Sees of the Latin Church, 1050–1300
The administrative geography of Latin Christianity at the height of the medieval papacy.
642 records 1050–1300 CE 48.78° N · 5.66° E
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Locations, elevation dates, and metropolitan affiliation of episcopal sees across Latin Christendom during the central Middle Ages. The dataset traces the consolidation of diocesan administration and the shifting boundaries of ecclesiastical provinces across two and a half centuries.
| Theme | Historical — religious & historical geography |
|---|---|
| Region | Europe |
| Temporal range | 1050–1300 CE |
| Geographic coverage | Continental |
| Records | 642 geolocated entities |
| Data source | Wikidata + curated CSV |
| Centroid | 48.78° N · 5.66° E |
| Last revised | Jan 2026 |
Compiled from a curated CSV corpus (n = 642) and reconciled against Wikidata entities. Geographic coordinates were verified against published gazetteers prior to publication.
· accessed 2026-01-12
SPARQL query
SELECT ?item ?itemLabel ?coord ?inception WHERE { ?item wdt:P31 ?class . ?item wdt:P625 ?coord . OPTIONAL { ?item wdt:P571 ?inception . } SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "en". } } Ortelius Editorial Board, ed. “Episcopal Sees of the Latin Church, 1050–1300” [dataset]. Ortelius: A Research Atlas of Thematic Cartography, Study AT-009. 2026. doi:10.5281/ortelius.009
DATASET CC BY 4.0 · ENRICHMENT CC0 · CARTOGRAPHY MIT
The published dataset is distributed as CSV with a derived GeoJSON edition; coordinates are decimal degrees on the WGS 84 datum. DOI 10.5281/ortelius.009.