The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-30
|Noyon, Founded 1000 Year,
Ago, Is Rich Both In Secular
And Ecclesiastical History

Noyon, captured today by the
French, is city of France, depart
ment of Disc, 67 miles northeast
of Paris by the railway to Brussels.
The city is built at the foot and on
the slopes of hill, and traversed
by small stream. the Verse, which
joins the Disc mile farther down.
Noyon has good trade, an /
contains large sugar retineries
chemical works. tanneres and cot
ton spinning mills The population
OF the commune and that OF the
city were respectively about 10000
and 5000 before the war.
Noyon, the ancient Noviomagus
Veromauduorum, was Christianized
St. Quentin at the close OF the
Third century; and in 5Sl, St. Me
dard, bishop of the district of Err
mandois, transferred his see thither
from St. Quentin. The episcopate
of st. Eligius (640-64S), the burial
of the Chilperic IL, the coronation
of Pippin the Short in 752, and on
the same occasion the coronation
OF his infant son, Carloman, with
the title OF King of Noyon, the cor
ornation of Charlemagne in ~, the
Dlunder Of the town by the Normans
in $50 and $50, the expulsion OF
the CASTELAR, by the inhabitants and
in 997, the recognition OF the over
lordship OF the count OF Flanders
are the chief points in the history OF
Noyon down to the Tenth century.
Passes Under French Crown.
In the Eleventh century, the city,
passing under the French crown,
became one of the ecclesiastical
peerages of the kingdom; and at
the beginning OF the Twelfth cen
tury it easily obtained a communal
charter through the favor OF its
bishop. The extent OF the bishopric
was considerably curtailed in ll55
by the breaking off of the diocese
of Tournay.
Noyon was ravaged by the Eng
lish and the Burgundians during the
Hundred Years War. In l5l6, 4
truce was signed at Noyon by Fran
Wis |, and Charles V.
The city was captured by the
Spaniards in 1852, and afterwards
by the Leaguers, who were expelled
in 1894, by Henry ". 1t lost its
bishopric in l79l, and is at present
only the chief town of a canton
in the ACCOMPLISHMENT of Compeigne.
Calvin was born at Noyon, July III,
1909. Hugh Capet was elected
King there in 9S7.
The Noted Cathedral.
The old cathedral OF Notre Dame
constructed during the latter half OF
the Twelfth century, is a fine ex-
ample of the mixture of Romanes-
due and Gothic architecture. In
plan it is Il Latin cross, with a total
length from east to west OF 545 feet,
and from north to south, 90. The
west front has a porch, added III
the Fourteenth century, and two
unfinished towers, their upper por-
tions dating from the Thirteenth
century. Its decorations have been
greatly mutilated. The nave (loI
feet long and 90 broad) consists OF
eleven bays, including those OF the
west front, which, in the interior
forms Il kind of transept.
In the windows OF the aisles, the
arches OF the triforium and the
windows OF the clerestory the round
type is maintained, but double
pointed arches appear in the lower
gallery; and the vaults OF the root,
originally six-ribbed. were rebuilt
after the fire of l295, in the pre-
vailing pointed style.
Side chapels were added IN the
north aisle in the Fourteenth cen
tury. and in the south aisle in the
Fifteenth and the Sixteenth, one OF
the latter efficiently is especially
rich in decorations. The flying but
tress of the building were restored