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title_text=&#8221;str 8_front_Bishopric of Selonia&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Image&#8221; module_class=&#8221;book-page-content-image&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_divider _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>General Information:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Original Release: 19th December 2025 (Estonian).<\/p>\n<p>English Translation: To Be Determined.<\/p>\n<p>By <strong>Zenta Broka-L\u0101ce, Madis Maasing, Liene Rokpelne, Anti Selart<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Scientific Editor: <strong>Madis Maasing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 96px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 24px;\"><strong>Format<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 24px;\"><strong>ISBN (Length)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 24px;\">Paperback<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 24px;\">978-9916-767-26-9 (TBD).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 24px;\">PDF E-Book<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 24px;\">978-9916-767-27-6 (TBD).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 24px;\">EPUB E-Book<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 24px;\">978-9916-767-28-3 (TBD).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; module_class=&#8221;pa-inline-buttons&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text module_class=&#8221;book-page-content-text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.2&#8243; 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Henceforth, no separate bishop shall be appointed in Semgallia, because that region forms a part of the diocese of Riga, for it is not so vast that it could sustain a separate bishopric even if the whole were converted to the faith &#8230;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>With this decision, the diocese of Selonia (Semgallia) was liquidated in 1251 by Cardinal Legate Guglielmo, Cardinal Bishop Pietro da Collemezzo and Cardinal Priest John of Toledo. The diocese had only been established 33 years earlier, with great hopes of winning the southern shore of the Daugava for the Crusaders.<\/p>\n<p>However, after the establishment of the diocese, Selonia was no longer the focus of the Crusaders&#8217; attention: instead, Me\u017eotne, located in the basin of the Lielupe, became the center of Selonia, though the territory was now more commonly referred to as Semgallia. A cathedral was planned to be built at Me\u017eotne and it was also the seat of the cathedral chapter. By all accounts, it could be assumed that the bishops of Semgallia would become important ecclesiastical princes of Livonia, rulers of a secular and spiritual territory.<\/p>\n<p>In this title we investigate why this did not happen and how this diocese was soon liquidated. 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