Saint-Pons-de-Thomières
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'''Saint-Pons-de-Thomières''' is a [[commune in France|commune]] of the [[Hérault]] ''[[département in France|département]]'' or Languedoc-Roussillon region, in southeastern [[France]].
==History==
It is named after its patron saint, [[St. Pontius]] (''Pons de Cimiez'' in French), martyr under [[Valerian (emperor)|Emperor Valerian]], who is venerated throughout the [[diocese of Montpellier]].
The Abbey of St-Pons was founded in [[936]] by [[Raymond III Pons of Toulouse|Raymond]], [[Count of Toulouse]], who brought thither the monks of [[St. Géraud d'Aurillac]].
By a [[papal bull]] of 18 February, [[1318]], [[Pope John XXII]] raised the abbey to an [[episcopal see]].
A Brief of 16 June, 1877 authorized the bishops of [[Montpellier]] to call themselves bishops of Montpellier, [[Béziers]], [[Agde]], [[Lodève]], and Saint-Pons, in memory of the different dioceses united in the present Diocese of Montpellier.
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