Eudes de Lorris, de Lory or de Lorry (died 8 August 1274) was
Bishop of Bayeux
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in France from 1263 to his death.
Biography
Eudes was born in
Lorris
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Geography
Lorris is located northeast of Sully-sur-Loire, southwest of Montargis, east of Orléans and south of Paris. It is in the southernmost part of the histori ...
in the present department of
Loiret
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Orléanais
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. He was chaplain to
Saint Louis (Louis IX of France) and a
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of
Bayeux Cathedral
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when the
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elected him bishop, but a few dissident canons voted instead for Adinolfo of Anagni, nephew and chaplain to
Pope Gregory IX
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and dean of the cathedral. The contested election was submitted to
Pope Alexander IV
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Early career
He was born as Rinaldo di Jenne in Jenne, Italy, Jenne (now in the Province of Rome ...
(died 1261), who decided in favour of Eudes; the election was confirmed by Alexander's successor,
Urban IV
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on 9 May 1263. He was consecrated at
Rouen
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in July of the same year by
Archbishop of Rouen
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Eudes Rigaud
Odo Rigaud (sometimes Odo Rigaldi, Eudes II Rigaud, or Eudes Rigaldi) (c. 1210 - 1275) was a university lecturer, member of the Franciscan order, and the Archbishop of Rouen from 1247 until his death in 1275.
Life
Rigaud was born into a family ...
.
In 1268, in the church of Saint-Victor in Paris, Eudes conducted the funeral of Renaud Mignon de Corbeil,
bishop of Paris
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. In 1270, he gave the monks of the priory of
Saint-Fromond a third of the mill at "Harel".
He attended the
Second Council of Lyon
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in 1274, where he died on 8 August.
[Anne-Marie Flambard Héricher et Véronique Gazeau (preface by Roger Jouet and François Neveux): ''1204: La Normandie entre Plantagenêts et Capétiens'', Caen, Publications du CRAHM, 2008, p. 382]
References
Bishops of Bayeux
Year of birth unknown
13th-century births
1274 deaths
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