Hugh of Remiremont
Hugh of Remiremont (c.1020 – c.1099), called Candidus or Blancus (both meaning "the white"), was a medieval
cardinal.[1]
Born in
Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente
in 1049.
After the death of
antipope Cadalous, but quickly submitted to Pope Alexander II. In 1063 he was sent as papal legate
to Spain and southern France, where he stayed until 1068.
On his way to Spain he presided over
Mozarabic liturgy, but being accused of simony
he was recalled to Rome.
In 1072 he was sent as legate to France, where he again committed acts of simony. He succeeded, however, in exculpating himself before Alexander II and his successor Pope Gregory VII. He had wielded great influence upon the election of the latter and was sent by him as legate to France and Spain in 1073. On this embassy he committed new acts of simony.
From ca. 1075 he was a bitter antagonist of Gregory VII, who finally deposed him on 3 March 1078 and replaced him in his
excommunicated by Gregory VII. Then he joined the obedience of Antipope Clement III
and subscribed his bull dated 4 November 1084 as cardinal of S. Clemente. In 1085 he was legate of antipope in Germany.
He became
see of Palestrina
by Clement III ca. 1089. He participated in the schismatic council at Rome in August 1098. His name appears for the last time among the signatories of the bull of Clement III dated 18 October 1099.
Notes
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Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Hugh of Remiremont". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
References
- Holkotte, Hugo Candidus, ein Freund und Gegner Gregors VII (Münster, 1903)
- Bihlmeyer in Kirchliches Handlexikon (Munich, 1907)
- R. Hüls, Kardinäle, Klerus und Kirchen Roms: 1049-1130, Tübingen 1977
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