Roman Catholic Diocese of Le Puy-en-Velay
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Diocese of Le Puy-en-Velay Dioecesis Aniciensis Diocèse du Puy-en-Velay | |
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Roman Catholic | |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 3rd Century |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Notre Dame in Le Puy-en-Velay |
Patron saint | Notre Dame |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Yves Baumgarten |
Metropolitan Archbishop | François Kalist |
Map | |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
The Diocese of Le Puy-en-Velay (
The territory of the old Diocese of Le Puy, suppressed by the
Early history
The
After St. George, certain local traditions of very late origin point to Sts. Macarius, Marcellinus, Roricius, Eusebius, Paulianus, and Vosy (Evodius) as bishops of Le Puy. It must have been from St. Paulianus that the town of Ruessium, now Saint-Paulien, received its name; and it was probably St. Vosy who completed the church of Our Lady of Le Puy at Anicium and transferred the episcopal see from Ruessium to Anicium. St. Vosy was apprised in a vision that the angels themselves had dedicated the cathedral to the Blessed Virgin, whence the epithet Angelic given to the cathedral of Le Puy. It is impossible to say whether this St. Evodius is the same who signed the decrees of the Council of Valence in 374. Neither can it be affirmed that St. Benignus, who in the seventh century founded a hospital at the gates of the basilica, and St. Agrevius, the seventh-century martyr from whom the town of Saint-Agrève Chiniacum took its name, were really bishops.
Duchesne thinks that the chronology of these early bishops rests on very little evidence and that very ill-supported by documents; before the tenth century only six individuals appear of whom it can be said with certainty that they were bishops of Le Puy. An inscription places Scutarius, the legendary architect of the first cathedral, at the end of the fourth century.
Pilgrimage and medieval status
Legend traces the origin of the pilgrimage of Le Puy to an apparition of the Blessed Virgin to a sick widow whom
The Church of Le Puy received, on account of its dignity and fame, temporal and spiritual favours. Concessions made in 919 by
It was from Le Puy that
Honoured with such prerogatives, the Church of Le Puy assumed a sort of primacy in respect to most of the Churches of France, and even of Christendom. This primacy manifested itself practically in a right to beg, established with the authorization of the Holy See, in virtue of which the chapter of Le Puy levied a veritable tax[
Relationship with Girona
In Catalonia this droit de quête, recognized by the Spanish Crown, was so thoroughly established that the chapter had its collectors permanently installed in that country. A famous "fraternity" existed between the chapter of Le Puy and that of Girona in Catalonia.[1]
Later history
The statue of Our Lady of Le Puy and the other treasures escaped the pillage of the Middle Ages. The roving banditti were victoriously dispersed, in 1180, by the Confraternity of the Chaperons (Hooded Cloaks) founded at the suggestion of a canon of Le Puy. In 1562 and 1563 Le Puy was successfully defended against the Huguenots by priests and religious armed with cuirasses and arquebuses. But in 1793 the statue was torn from its shrine and burned in the public square. Gustave Delacroix de Ravignan, in 1846, and Théodore Combalot , in 1850, were inspired with the idea of a great monument to the Blessed Virgin on the Rocher Corneille. Napoleon III placed at the disposal of Bishop Morlhon 213 pieces of artillery taken by Pélissier at Sebastopol, and the colossal statue of "Notre-Dame de France" cast from the iron of these guns, amounting in weight to 150,000 kilogrammes, or more than 330,000 lbs. avoirdupois, was dedicated 12 September 1860.
Saints
The saints specially venerated in the diocese are:
- Domninus, martyr, whose body is preserved in the cathedral;
- Julian of Brioude, martyr in 304, and his companion, Ferréol;
- Duke of Auvergne, who prompted the foundation of the Abbey of Le Monastier, and Eudes, first abbot (end of the sixth century);
- Theofredus(Chaffre, Theofrid), Abbot of Le Monastier and martyr under the Saracens (c. 735);
- Mayeul, Abbot of Cluny, who, in the second half of the tenth century, cured a blind man at the gates of Le Puy, and whose name was given, in the fourteenth century, to the university in which the clergy made their studies;
- Julien de Brioude;
- Chaise Dieuin the Brioude district;
- Peter Chavanon (d. 1080), a canon regular, founder and first provost of the Abbey of Pébrac.
At the age of eighteen
Natives of this diocese included: the Benedictine,
Cathedral
The cathedral of Le Puy, which forms the highest point of the city, rising from the foot of the Rocher Corneille, exhibits architecture of every period from the fifth century to the fifteenth. The architectural effect is audacious and picturesque.
The four galleries of the cloister were constructed during a period extending from the Carolingian epoch to the twelfth century. The Benedictine monastery of the Chaise Dieu united in 1640 to the Congregation of St-Maur, still stands, with the fortifications which Abbot de Chanac caused to be built between 1378 and 1420, and the church, rebuilt in the fourteenth century by Clement VI, who had made his studies here, and by Gregory XI, his nephew. This church contains the tomb of Clement VI. The fine church of S. Julien de Brioude, in florid Byzantine style, dates from the eleventh or twelfth century. Besides the great pilgrimage of Le Puy, there was also that of Notre-Dame de Pradelles, at Pradelles, a pilgrimage dating from 1512; of Notre-Dame d'Auteyrac, at Sorlhac, which was very popular before the Revolution; of Notre-Dame Trouvée, at Lavoute-Chilhac.
Bishops
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To 1000
- St Voisy 374
- St Suacre 396
- St Sautaire
- St Armentaire 451
- St Benigne
- St Faustin ca. 468
- St Georg ca. 480
- St Marcellin 6th century
- Forbius ca. 550
- Aurele ca. 585
- St Agreve 602
- Eusebius ca. 615
- Basilius ca. 635
- Kutilius ca. 650
- St Eudes ca. 670
- Duicidius ca. 700
- Hilgericus ca. 720?
- Tornoso ca. 760?
- Macaire ca. 780
- Borice 811
- Dructan ca. 850
- Hardouin 860, 866
- Guido I. 875
- Norbert de Poitiers 876–903
- Adalard 919–924
- Hector 925?–934?
- Godescalc 935–955
- Bégon 961
- Peter I. 970?
- Guido II of Anjou 975–993
- Stephan de Gévaudan 995–998
- Theotard 999
1000-1300
- Guido III 1004
- Frédol D'Anduze 1016
- Stephan de Mercœur 1031–1052
- Peter II de Mercœur 1053–1073
- Stephan d'Auvergne 1073
- Stephan de Polignac 1073–1077
- Adhemar de Monteil1082–1098
- Pons de Tournon 1102–1112
- Pons Maurice de Monfboissier 1112–1128
- Humbert D'Albon 1128–1144
- Peter III 1145–1156
- Pons III 1158
- Pierre de Solignac 1159–1191
- Aimard 1192–1195
- Odilon de Mercœur 1197–1202
- fr:Bertrand de Chalençon 1202–1213
- Robert de Mehun 1213–1219
- Étienne de Chalencon 1220–1231
- Bernard de Rochefort 1231–1236
- Bernard de Montaigu 1236–1248
- Guillaume de Murat 1248–1250
- Bernard de Ventadour 1251–1255
- Armand de Polignac 1255–1257
- Guy Foulques1257–1260, later Pope Clement IV
- Guillaume de La Roue 1260–1282
- Guido V. 1283
- Frédol de Saint-Bonnet 1284–1289
- Guy de Neuville 1290–1296
- Jean de Comines 1296–1308
1300-1500
- Bernard de Castanet 1308–1317
- Guillaume de Brosse 1317–1318
- Durand de Saint Pourçain1318–1326
- Pierre Gorgeul 1326–1327
- Bernard Brun 1327–1342
- Jean Chandorat 1342–1356
- Jean du Jaurens 1356–1361
- Bertrand de la Tour 1361–1382
- Bertrand de Chanac 1382–1385
- Pierre Girard 1385–1390
- Gilles de Bellemère 1390–1392
- Itier de Martreuil 1392–1394
- Pierre d'Ailly 1395–1397
- Elie de Lestrange 1397–1418
- Guillaume de Chalencon 1418–1443
- Jean de Bourbon 1443–1485
- Geoffroy de Pompadour 1486–1514
1500-1801
- Antoine de Chabannes 1514–1535
- (Agostino Trivulzio 1525, administrator)
- François de Sarcus 1536–1557
- Martin de Beaune 1557–1561
- Antoine de Sénecterre 1561–1593
- Jacques de Serres 1596–1621
- Just de Serres 1621–1641
- Henri Cauchon de Maupas du Tour 1641–1661
- Armand de Béthune 1661–1703
- Claude de La Roche-Aymon 1703–1720
- Godefroy Maurice de Conflans 1721–1725
- Fr.-Charles de Beringhen D'Armainvilliers 1725–1742
- Jean-Georges Le Franc de Pompignan1742–1774, † 1790
- Joseph-Marie de Galard de Terraube 1774–1790 (1801)
From 1823
- Archbishop of Lyon)
- Archbishop of Aix)
- Joseph-Auguste-Victorin de Morlhon 1846–1862
- Pierre-Marc Le Breton 1863–1886
- Archbishop of Besançon)
- Constant-Ludovic-Marie Guillois 1894–1907
- Thomas François Boutry 1907–1925
- Norbert Georges Pierre Rousseau 1925–1939
- Joseph-Marie Martin 1940–1948
- Joseph-Marie-Jean-Baptiste Chappe 1949–1960
- Jean-Pierre-Georges Dozolme 1960–1978
- Louis-Pierre-Joseph Cornet 1978–1987
- Henri Marie Raoul Brincard, C.R.S.A 1988–2014
- Lucien Crepy 2015–2021
- Yves Baumgarten 2022[2]–present)
See also
References
- ^ Charles Rocher (1873). Les rapports de l'église du Puy avec la ville de Girone en Espagne et le comté de Bigorre (in French). Le Puy: Bérard.
- ^ "Resignations and Appointments, 16.02.2022" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 16 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
Sources
- Gams, Pius Bonifatius (1873). Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae: quotquot innotuerunt a beato Petro apostolo. Ratisbon: Typis et Sumptibus Georgii Josephi Manz. pp. 548–549. (Use with caution; obsolete)
- Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1913). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 1 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 301. (in Latin)
- Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1914). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 2 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 175.
- Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1923). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 3 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana.
- Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica IV (1592-1667). Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. Retrieved 2016-07-06. p. 219.
- Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi V (1667-1730). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
- Jean, Armand (1891). Les évêques et les archevêques de France depuis 1682 jusqu'à 1801 (in French). Paris: A. Picard. p. 520.
- Pisani, Paul (1907). Répertoire biographique de l'épiscopat constitutionnel (1791-1802) (in French). Paris: A. Picard et fils.
External links
- (in French) Centre national des Archives de l'Église de France, L’Épiscopat francais depuis 1919, retrieved: 2016-12-24.
Acknowledgment
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Le Puy". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.