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The original Germanic name means "the corner of foreigners" in reference to the resettling of the Celts from over the English Channel by the Danish invaders. Or would that name de due to the roman emperor Constance Chlore who gave in 297-298 the "Cornovii" frendly tribe (its settlement being around Wroxeter & Chester) the order of controling both sides of the Channel to avoid pirate raids ? The name of the cornovii soldiers watching these two peninsulas would have then be linked to them till nowadays. The region was first mentioned by this name between , Anaweten, took over "Cornugallensis". The existence of a district of ancient Anjou called "La Cornuaille" has led to the hypothesis that it was a geographical or military label for all of southern Brittany as far as the northern shore of la Domonée in the 6th or 7th century. At the origin of this Feudal County , the reigning dynasty acceded to a dukedom of the region, which then passed to the Bishop of Quimper . The name ''Cornouaille'' signifies the Diocese of Quimper which persisted until the French Revolution . The diocese covered more than half of the south of Finistère , and extended over part of Morbihan and the Côtes-d'Armor . There were two Arch-deacon s, one for Cornouaille and one for Poher . There were also a cantor, a treasurer, a theologian and twelve canons. This episcopal division was the poorest in Brittany. After the French Revolution, the new constitution created a diocese of Finistère, erasing that of Kerne/Cournouaille; most of the old diocese was absorbed into the new. In Breton , the region is known as "Kerne" or "Bro-Gerne", and in Latin "Cornugallia" or "Cornubia" |
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