Synod of Thionville
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The Synod of Thionville was a synod (or council) of ecclesiastic dignitaries of the Carolingian Empire in 835.
Three years after the sons of the emperor rose in rebellion against their father,
Abbey of St. Vaast
.
Ebbo continued to support the rebellious Lothaire even after Louis had been solemnly reinstated in March 834. Being prevented by a severe attack of the gout from following Lothaire to Italy he took refuge in the cell of a hermit near Paris, but was found out and sent as prisoner to the
Abbey of Fulda. On 2 February 835, Ebbo appeared at the Synod of Thionville, where in the presence of the emperor and forty-three bishops he solemnly declared the monarch innocent of the crimes of which he had accused him at Soissons, and on 28 February 835 made a public recantation from the pulpit of the cathedral of Metz
.
The synod also deposed Louis' other staunchest rivals within the church:
Archbishop of Narbonne
. The synod represented a reversal of that of Soissons of 13 November 833, in which Ebbo had deposed Louis.
Sources and references
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Ebbo". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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