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in the city of

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Diocesan history

The bishopric of Arles was founded in 330. It was promoted a metropolitan archdiocese in 460, suppressed a first time to become part of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Aix and restored shortly in 1816. The Archbishopric of Arles was suppressed again, and incorporated into the Archdiocese of Aix in 1822. The latter is since officially called " Archdiocese of Aix (-Arles- Embrun)" and is no longer a Metropolitan but an archiepiscopal title, within the ecclesiastical province of Marseille.

Councils

The first Council of Arles was held in 314, for the purpose of putting an end to the

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controversy. Bishops from the western part of the empire including three from Britain attended. It confirmed the findings of the

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(313), i.e. it recognized the validity of the election of Caecilian of Carthage and confirmed the excommunication of Donatus of Casae Nigrae. Its twenty-two canons dealing with various abuses that had crept into ecclesiastical life since the persecution of

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(284-305) are among the most important documents of early ecclesiastical legislation. A council held in 353, and attended, among others, by two

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s, was decidedly

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in attitude. The legates were tempted into rejecting communion with

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and refused to condemn

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, an act which filled

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with grief. A council was held on New Year's Day of 435, to settle the differences that had arisen between the

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and the

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. In the synod of 443 (452), attended also by bishops of neighbouring provinces, fifty-six canons were formulated, mostly repetitions of earlier disciplinary decrees. Neophytes were excluded from major orders; married men aspiring to the priesthood were required to promise a life of continency, and it was forbidden to consecrate a bishop without the assistance of three other bishops and the consent of the

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. A council of 451 held after the close of the

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in that year, sent its adhesion to the "Epistola dogmatica" of

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, written by Flavian of Constantinople (see

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and Arles a council was held in the latter city in 463, which called forth a famous letter from St. Leo I. Between 475 and 480 another council was called, attended by thirty bishops, in which the pre-destinationist teachings of the priest Lucidus were condemned. In 524 a council was held under the presidency of St. Caesarius of Arles; its canons deal chiefly with the conferring of orders. A number of Caesarius of Arles' works have been published in Sources Chrétiennes. Little is known of the councils of 554 and 682. The liturgical uses of Arles were recommended by pope Gregory the Great as a model for Augustine of Canterbury. An important council was held in 813, at the instigation of

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, for the correction of abuses and the reestablishment of ecclesiastical discipline. Its decrees insist on a sufficient ecclesiastical education of bishops and priests, on the duty of both to preach frequently to the people and to instruct them in the Catholic Faith, on the obligation of parents to instruct their children, etc. In 1034 a council was held at Arles for the re-establishment of peace, the restoration of Christian Faith, the awakening in the popular heart of a sense of divine goodness and of salutary fear by the consideration of past evils. From 1080 to 1098, Aicard continued to act as bishop even though he had been deposed. He was followed on the episcopal throne by Ghibbelin of Sabran, who was later

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. In 1236 a council held under the presidency of Archbishop Jean Baussan, issued twenty-four canons, mostly against the prevalent Albigensian heresy, and for the observance of the decrees of the Lateran Council of 1215 and that of Toulouse in 1229. Close inspection of their dioceses is urged on the bishops, as a remedy against the spread of heresy; testaments are declared invalid unless made in the presence of the parish priest. This measure, met with in other councils, was meant to prevent testamentary dispositions in favour of known heretics. In 1251, Jean, Archbishop of Arles, held a council near

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(''Concilium Insculanum''), among whose thirteen canons is one providing that the sponsor at

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is bound to give only the white robe in which the infant is baptized. In 1260 a council held by Archbishop

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decreed that confirmation must be received fasting, and that on Sundays and feast days the religious should not open their churches to the faithful, nor preach at the hour of the parish Mass. The laity should be instructed by their parish priests. The religious should also frequent the parochial service, for the sake of good example. This council also condemned the doctrines spread abroad under the name of Joachim of Flora. In 1275, twenty-two earlier observances were promulgated anew at a Council of Arles.

Archbishops

Before 1000

Trophimus of Arles According to Catholic lore, Trophimus of Arles (french: Trophime) was the first bishop of Arles, in today's southern France. History It was an early tradition of the Catholic Church that under the co-Emperors Decius and Herennius Etruscus (251 ...

(c. 250 – c. 280) * Marcianus (m. 254/57) * Marinus (bef. 2/10/313 – aft. 314) * Saturninus (

; bef. 355 – 362/63) * Concordius (m. 374) * (m. 396) *

Heros of Arles Heros was Bishop of Arles from 408 to 412. He was installed as bishop by the usurper Constantine III, and was deposed by Constantius III.M. Heinzelmann, "The 'affair' of Hilary of Arles (445) and Gallo-Roman identity in the fifth century", in John ...

(408–412) *

Patroclus of Arles In Greek mythology, as recorded in Homer's '' Iliad'', Patroclus (pronunciation variable but generally ; grc, Πάτροκλος, Pátroklos, glory of the father) was a childhood friend, close wartime companion, and the presumed (by some late ...

(412–426) * Helladius (426) *

Honoratus Honoratus (french: Saint Honorat; c. 350 – 6 January 429) was the founder of Lérins Abbey who later became an early Archbishop of Arles. He is honored as a saint in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. Life Honoratus was born in the n ...

(427–430) *

Hilary of Arles Hilary of Arles, also known by his Latin name Hilarius (c. 403–449), was a bishop of Arles in Southern France. He is recognized as a saint by the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches, with his feast day celebrated on 5 May. Life In ...

(430–449) * Ravennius (22/8/449 – aft. 452) *

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(bef. 461 – aft. 475) * Aeonius bef. 23/8/494 – aft. 29/9/500) *

Caesarius of Arles Caesarius of Arles ( la, Caesarius Arelatensis; 468/470 27 August 542 AD), sometimes called "of Chalon" (''Cabillonensis'' or ''Cabellinensis'') from his birthplace Chalon-sur-Saône, was the foremost ecclesiastic of his generation in Merovingia ...

(503–542) * Auxianus (542–546) * Aurelianus (c. 546 – 551) * Sabaudus (m. 552 – 586) * Licerius (586–588) *

Virgilius of Arles Virgilius of Arles (died c. 610; Virgil, Virgile) was Archbishop of Arles in Gaul. According to a life written in the eighth century he was born in a village of Aquitaine, became a monk, Abbot of Lérins, and Bishop of Arles, where he built a bas ...

(588 – betw. 601 & 610) * Florianus (bef. 23/8/613, m. 614) * Theodosius (bef. 11/8/632 – 650) * Johannes I (bef. 660 – aft. 668) * Felix (m. 680) * ''Sede vacante'' (or no known bishops) * Elifantus (bef. c. 788 – aft. 794) * Johannes II (m. betw. 811 & 816) * Notho (bef. 824 – aft. 835) * Rotlandus (bef. 852 – 869) * Rostagnus I (m. betw. march 871 & 904/13) * Manasse (914 – 962/63) * Iterius (m. 963 – ) * Anno

1000–1300

* Pons de Marignane (1005–1029) *

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, Raimbaud, Archbishop of Arles (May 1030 – 18 February 1069) * Aicard (1070 – 1080 or 1096?) *

Gibelin Ghibbelin of Sabran (also spelled Gibelin) ( 1045 – 1112) was Archbishop of Arles (1080–1112), papal legate (1107–1108), and Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem (1108–1112). Biography Ghibbelin was named Archbishop of Arles at the Council of A ...

(1080 or 1099–1107, 1112 or 1115) * Atton de Bruniquel (6 October 1115 – 6 March 1129) *

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/ Garin (1129 – 2 March 1138) *

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(1139? – 1 January 1142) * Raimon de Montredon (1142–1160) * Raimon de Bollène (1163–1182) *

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(1183–1190) * Imbert d'Eyguière (9 October 1191 – 20 July 1202) * Michel de Morèse (August 1202 – 21 July 1217) * Uc Béroard (27 March 1218 – 18 November 1232) * Jean Baussan (27 July 1233 – 24 November 1258) *

Bertran Malferrat Bertran or Bertrán is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Bertran Carbonel (1252–1265), Provençal troubadour *Bertran d'Alamanon (1229–1266), Provençal knight, troubadour, an official, diplomat, and ambassador of the court o ...

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(25 November 1258 – 25 May 1262) *

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(28 November 1262 – 7 June 1266) * Bertran de Saint-Martin (11 October 1266 – June 1273) * Bernard de Languissel (4 February 1274 – 1281) * Bertrand Amalric (20 December 1281 – 31 March 1286) *

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(5 August 1286 – 22 August 1303)

1300–1500

* Peire de Ferrières (30 January 1304 – 21 September 1307) * Arnaud de Faugères (1307 – 1309 or 1310) * Gaillard de Faugères (19 December 1310 – 12 September 1317) *

Gaillard Saumate Gaillard () is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. Gaillard lies on the border with Switzerland, 5 km east of the city centre of Geneva. The biggest border crossing is ...

(1318–1323) * Gasbert de la Val /du Val (1324–1341) * Jean de Cardone (1341–1348) * Étienne Aldebrand (1348–1350) * Étienne de La Garde (1351–1361) *

Guillaume de La Garde Guillaume may refer to: People * Guillaume (given name), the French equivalent of William * Guillaume (surname) Other uses * Guillaume (crater) See also * '' Chanson de Guillaume'', an 11th or 12th century poem * Guillaume affair, a Cold War ...

(1361–1374) *

Pierre de Cros Pierre de Murat de Cros, O.S.B., ( 1320 – 1388) was a French monk of aristocratic origins who became a cardinal of the Avignon Obedience during the Great Schism, as well as the Archbishop of Arles and the Chamberlain of the Apostolic Camera ...

(1374–1388) * François de Conzié /Conzieu (1388–1390) *

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(1390–1398) * Pierre Blavi Blau ? * ''vacant 1398–1404'' *

Artaud de Mélan Antoine Marie Joseph Paul Artaud, better known as Antonin Artaud (; 4 September 1896 – 4 March 1948), was a French writer, poet, dramatist, visual artist, essayist, actor and theatre director. He is widely recognized as a major figure of the E ...

/Méhelle (1404–1410) *

Jean Allarmet de Brogny Jean-Allarmet de Brogny (1342 – 16 February 1426) was a French Cardinal. Biography He was born in the hamlet of Brogny, now part of Annecy-le-Vieux in Savoy. Biographers are not agreed as to his parentage and real name. According to some, he ...

(1410–1423) *

Louis Aleman Louis Aleman (16 September 1450) was a French Roman Catholic cardinal and a professed member of the now-suppressed Canons Regular of Saint John Baptist. He served as the Archbishop of Arles from 1423 until his resignation in 1440 when he had resi ...

(December 1423 – 16 September 1450)Louis Aleman was later Bishop of Maguelone. * Pierre de Foix (1450–1463) * Philippe de Lévis (7 May 1463? – 11 November 1475) (also Archbishop of Auch) * Eustache de Lévis (1475 – 22 April 1489) * Nicolas de Cibo (1489–1499) * Jean Ferrier I (1499–1521)

1500–1792

* Jean Ferrier II (1521–1550) * Jacques du Broullat (1550–1560) * Robert de Lenoncourt (7 February 1560 – 2 February 1561) * Antoine d'Albon (1561–1562) (also

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) * Hippolyte d'Este (1562–1566) * Prosper de Sainte-Croix (1566–1574) * Silvio de Sainte-Croix Silvio (1574–1598) * Oratio Montano (1598–1603) *

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(1603–1630) * Jean Jaubert de Barrault (20 July 1630 – 30 July 1643) * François Adhémar de Monteil de Grignan (31 March 1644 – 9 March 1689) *

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(9 March 1689 – 11 November 1697) *

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(24 December 1697 – 12 July 1710) (also

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) *

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(1711 – 13 January 1741) * Jacques Bonne-Gigault de Bellefonds (20 August 1741 – 4 March 1746) (also Bishop of Bayonne and

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) * Jean-Joseph de Jumilhac (17 April 1746 – 20 February 1775) (also

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) * Jean Marie du Lau d'Allemans (1 October 1775 – 2 September 1792)

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