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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Embrun was a
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jurisdiction located in southeastern
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, in the mountains of the
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, on a route that led from Gap by way of
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to
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. It had as
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s the Diocese of Digne, Diocese of Antibes and Grasse, Diocese of Vence, Diocese of Glandèves, Diocese of Senez and Diocese of Nice. Its see was the Cathedral of Nôtre Dame in Embrun. The former Archdiocese of Embrun was suppressed after the French Revolution. It was replaced, under the
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(1790) by a diocese which had the same boundaries of the civil ''departement'' in which it was located. The diocese was called 'Haute-Alpes', with its center at Gap. When the Diocese of Gap was re-established in 1822 it comprised, besides the ancient Diocese of Gap, a large part of the ancient Archdiocese of Embrun. The name of the metropolitan see of Embrun, however, had been absorbed in the title of the Archbishop of Aix-en-Provence and Arles, until 2007. In 2008, the title of Embrun was reattached to the Diocese of Gap by papal decree of
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History

Tradition ascribes the evangelization of Embrun to Saints Nazarius and Celsus, martyrs under emperor
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. Gregory of Tours states that they were martyred at Embrun. Their bodies, however, were discovered in a cemetery in Milan by Saint Ambrose. They were also drowned at Trier, on orders of the Emperor Nero. Their entire story is without historical foundation, and a mass of contradictions and improbabilities. According to another tradition, the first Bishop of Embrun, Saint Marcellus, was such a successful preacher that, by the end of his episcopacy, there was not a single pagan left in the diocese. The see became an archbishopric about 800. In 1056 Pope Victor confirmed the Archbishop of Embrun as Metropolitan of the Sees of Digne, Chorges, Solliès, Senez, Glandèves, Cimiez-Nice, Vence, and Antibes (Grasse). Bishop Winimann was also granted the ''
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'' In 1276 the Archbishops of Embrun were made Princes of the Holy Roman Empire. The see was suppressed in the French Revolution, being transferred to the diocese of Gap, and the cathedral church became a mere parish church.


Notable Bishops of Embrun

*St. Guillaume (1120–34), founder of the Abbey of Boscodon; *
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(1250–71), known as ''(H)Ostiensis'', i.e. Cardinal Bishop of Ostia, an orator and canonist of renown; * Bertrand de Déaulx (1323–38), who as the legate of Clement VI at Rome did much to bring about the downfall of Rienzi; * Giulio de' Medici (1510–11), later
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under the name of Clement VII; *Cardinal François de Tournon (1517–26), employed on
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ic missions by King
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, and founder of the College de Tournon; * Cardinal de Tencin (1724–40), who in September, 1727, caused the condemnation by the Council of Embrun of the *
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Soanen, Bishop of his suffragan see of Senez. * St. Vincent Ferrer preached several missions against the Vaudois in the Diocese of Embrun.


Bishops

* † by 374: Marcellinus. * 374: Artemius *c. 400: Jacob * 439: Armentarius * 440-† ca 475: Ingenuus * 517: Catulinus * Gallicanus''La Grande Encyclopédie'' précise que Gallican I a été expulsé de son siège par les Ariens. La source fait peut être une confusion avec Catulin (cf. note n°4). * Palladius of Embrun * 541-549: GallicanusLe ''Trésor de Chronologie'' précise qu'il faut peut être identifier Gallican II avec Gallican I. * 567-579: Salonius * Emeritus 585- 588 * Lopacharus 614 *c. 630: Albin *c. 650 to c. 653: Ætherius * hramlinus* . 740: Vualchinus founded Novalesa Abbey.Fornier, Marcellin (1592-1649), ''Histoire générale des Alpes Maritimes ou Cottiènes : et particulière de leur métropolitaine, Embrun''. Cf. , where it is stated that the monastery was founded in 726, and that its Founder was a rich Frank by the name of Abbone. The original charter of foundation survives, dated 30 January 726: Cipolla p. 7-13. On p. 8, in the note, he records that 'Walchunus' (Vualchinus) was not a bishop of Embrun, citing B. Hauréau and Jules Marion. *c. 791–794: Marcellus


Archbishops


c. 800–1200

*Bernardus * 829: Agericus *c. 853 to c. 859: Aribertus (or Arbertus) * 876: Bermond * 878: Aribert II. * 886: ''Ermoldus'' (or Ermaldus or Ermold) 886 or 887 * 890-899: Arnaud (or Arnaudus) * 900–916: Benedict * 920: Liberalis of Embrun (920-40) * 943–960: Boson *c. 970: Amadeus * 992: Pontius * 1007–1010: Ismidias *c. 1016 to c. 1027: Radon *c. 1033–1044: Ismidon *c. 1048: Vivemnus (Winnamanus) * 1050–1054: Guinervinarius * 1054–1055: Hugues * 1055–1065: Winnimanus (Guinamand) * 1066–1077: Guillaume * 1077: Peter *c. 1080–1084: Lantelmus * 1105–1118: Benedict II. * 1120–1134: Guillaume II. * 1135 to 7 December 1169: Guillaume III. * 9 January 1170 to 1176: Raimond I. *c. 1177–1189: Pierre II. Romain * 1189–1208: Guillaume IV. de Benevento


c. 1200–1500

* 1208 to c. 1212: Raimond II. Sédu * 1212 to c. 1235: Bernard Chabert * 1236 to 23. May 1245: Aimar * 1246–1250: Humbert * 1250 to May 1262: Henri de Suse (Henricus de Bartholomeis) * 1263–1286: Jacques Sérène * 4 August 1286 to 1289: Guillaume V. * 8 October 1289 to 28 June 1294: Raimond de Médullion * 28 March 1295 to 26 May 1311: Guillaume de Mandagot (promoted to the See of Aix) * 22 May 1311 to 1317: Jean du Puy, O.P. * 1319 to c. 1323: Raimond IV. Robaud * 5 September 1323 to 1338: Bertrand de Déaulx * 27. January 1338 to 17. December 1350: Pasteur de Sarrats, O.Min. * 16. February 1351 to 1361: Guillaume VII. de Bordes * 1361–1364: Raimond V. de Salges * 8 January 1364 to 5. September 1365: Bertrand II. de Castelnau * 1365–1366: Bernard II. * 1366 to 18 December 1378: Pierre Amelii (d'Ameil) * 20 May 1379 to 1 May 1427: Michel Etienne Delisle (de Insula), appointed by
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of the Avignon Obedience * 30 July 1427 to 7 September 1432: Jacques Gelu * 1432 to 17 January 1457: Jean II. Girard * 1457 to c. 1470: Jean III de Montmagny *c. 1470–1494: Jean IV. Baile * 1494–1510: Rostaing d'Ancezune


from 1500

* 1510–1511: Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici * 1511–1516: Niccolò Fieschi (Fiesque), Cardinal * 1517–1525: François de Tournon * 1526–1551: Antoine de Lévis de Château-Morand * 1551–1555: Balthasar de Jarente * 1555: Louis de Laval de Bois-Dauphin * 1556–1560: Robert Cardinal de Lenoncourt * 1561–1600: Guillaume d'Avançon de Saint-Marcel, Cardinal * 1601–1612: Honoré du Laurens * 1612–1648: Guillaume d'Hugues * 1649–1669: Georges d'Aubusson de La Feuillade (transferred to Metz) * 1669–1714: Charles Brûlart de Genlis * 1715–1719: François-Elie de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson * 1719–1724: Jean-François-Gabriel de Hénin-Liétard * 1724–1740: Pierre Guérin de Tencin (appointed
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on 11 November 1740) * 1741–1767: Bernardin-François Fouquet * 1767–1790: Pierre-Louis de Leyssin ** 1791–1793: Ignace Cazeneuve (Constitutional Bishop of Hautes-Alpes)Cazeneuve was consecrated in Paris by Constitutional Bishop Gobel on 3 April 1791. In 1792 he took part in the Convention, but did not vote for the execution of King Louis XVI. He abandoned his ministry in 1793 and refused to take it up again in 1795. He resigned on 1 June 1798. After the Concordat, he made a public retractation and submission. He died in Gap on 10 May 1806.


See also

*
Catholic Church in France The Catholic Church in France, Gallican Church, or French Catholic Church, is part of the worldwide Catholic Church in communion with the Pope in Rome. Established in the 2nd century in unbroken communion with the bishop of Rome, it was sometim ...
* List of Catholic dioceses in France * Croix de Provence on the Montagne Sainte-Victoire


References


Bibliography


Reference works

* pp. 548–549. (Use with caution; obsolete) * (Use with caution; obsolete) * * (in Latin) pp. 233–234. * (in Latin) p. 148. * p. 190. * pp. 179. * pp. 190–191. * p. 203.


Acknowledgment

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Studies

* * * second edition (in French) * * * *


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ancient Diocese of Embrun Embrun Embrun 4th-century establishments in Roman Gaul