St. Louis King of France Cathedral, Jérémie King of France (also known as Louis IX of France and Ludovico). On April 20, 1972, the Diocese of Jérémie was created with the division of the diocese of Les Cayes. That is when Jérémie church became a cathedral. The Cathedral sustained extensive damage on October 5, 2016 due to Hurricane Matthew. St. Louis King of France Cathedral, Jérémie The St. Louis King of France Cathedral () is the name given to a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church and is located in the town of Jérémie in the Caribbean and island country of Haiti. In Jérémie an ancient
Name of France Name of France The name France comes from Latin "Francia" ("land of the Franks"). Originally it applied to the whole Empire of the Franks, extending from southern France to eastern Germany. Modern France is still called "Frankreich" in German and similar names in some other Germanic languages (such as "Frankrijk" in Dutch), which means "Frank Reich", the Realm of the Franks. Before being named France, the land was called Gaul (; ). This name continued to be used even after the beginning of the reign of the Franks' Kings Clovis I, Charles Martel, Pepin the Short, and Charlemagne. In fact,