The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sens and Auxerre (

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: ''Archidioecesis Senonensis et Antissiodorensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Sens et Auxerre'') is a

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Archdiocese of the

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. The Archdiocese comprises the department of

Yonne Yonne () is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in France. It is named after the river Yonne, which flows through it, in the country's north-central part. One of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté's eight constituent departments, it is l ...

, which is in the

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of Bourgogne. Traditionally established in sub-apostolic times, the diocese as metropolis of Quarta Lugdunensis subsequently achieved metropolitical status. For a time, the Archbishop of Sens held the title "

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of the Gauls and Germania". Until 1622, the Metropolitan Archdiocese numbered seven suffragan (subordinate) dioceses: the dioceses of Chartres,

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and Troyes, which inspired the acronym CAMPONT. The Diocese of Bethléem at Clamecy was also dependent on the metropolitan see of Sens. On December 8, 2002, as part of a general reorganization of the dioceses of France undertaken, at least in part, to respond to demographic changes, the Archdiocese of Sens-Auxerre ceased to have metropolitan rank and became a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Dijon, which became the centre of a new ecclesiastical province for the Burgundy administrative region. Consequently the Archbishop of Sens-Auxerre no longer has the privilege of wearing the pallium. The current archbishop is Yves François Patenôtre.

History

Until the French Revolution, the Archbishop of Sens was also Viscount of Sens. In 1622, Paris had been elevated to a metropolitan see and the Sees of Chartres, Orléans and Meaux were separated from the ecclesiastical province of Sens. In return, the abbey of Mont Saint-Martin in the

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was united to the archdiocese. Sens was suppressed by the Napoleonic Concordat of 1802, which annexed to the

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the Dioceses of Sens and

. The somewhat complex agreement gave the title of

Bishop of Auxerre The diocese of Auxerre ( la, dioecesis Antissiodorensis) is a former French Roman Catholic diocese. Its historical episcopal see was in the city of Auxerre in Burgundy (region), Burgundy, now part of eastern France. Currently the non-metropolitan ...

to the bishops of Troyes, and the purely honorary title of Archbishop of Sens to the Archbishop of Paris (otherwise deprived of all jurisdiction over Sens). The Concordat of 1817 reestablished the Archdiocese of Sens and the Diocese of Auxerre, but this arrangement did not last. The law of July 1821, the pontifical brief of 4 September 1821 and the royal ordinance of 19 October 1821 suppressed the Diocese of Auxerre and gave to the Archdiocese of Sens the Department of the Yonne and the Dioceses of Troyes, Nevers and Moulins. A

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of 3 June 1823 gave to the Archbishop of Sens the additional title of Bishop of Auxerre. The Archbishop of Sens-Auxerre continued to reside at Sens until the 1920s, but is now resident at Auxerre, while his cathedra (seat) is at

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. The history of the religious beginnings of the church at Sens dates from

Savinian and Potentian Saints Savinian and Potentian (french: Savinien et Potenti(e)n) (d. 390) are martyrs commemorated as the patron saints and founders of the diocese of Sens, France. Savinian should not be confused with another early French martyr, Sabinian of Troye ...

, and through legend to the Dioceses of Chartres, Troyes and Orléans. Gregory of Tours is silent regarding Savinian and Potentian, founders of the See of Sens; the Hieronymian Martyrology, which was revised before 600 at Auxerre (or Autun) ignores them. The cities of Chartres and Troyes have nothing about these men in their local liturgy prior to the 12th century, and that of Orléans nothing prior to the 15th, pertaining to the preaching of Altinus, Eodaldus and Serotinus (companions of Savinian and Potentian). Before the ninth century there was (in the cemetery near the monastery of Pierre le Vif at Sens) a group of tombs, among which are those of the first bishops of Sens. In 847, the transfer of their remains to the church of St-Pierre le Vif inspired popular devotion towards Savinian and Potentian. In 848, Wandelbert of Prüm named them the first patrons of the church of Sens. Ado, in his

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published shortly afterwards, speaks of them as envoys of the apostles and as martyrs. The ''

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that in 475 the Church of Sens had its 13th bishop; the list of bishops does not indicate that the episcopal see existed prior to the second half of the third century or the beginning of the fourth.

Bishops and archbishops

Before 1000 AD

Among the bishops of Sens in the fourth century were: *

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, present at the

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in 344 * St. Ursicinus (356–387), exiled to Phrygia under Constantius through the influence of the

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. Visited by St. Hilary on his return to Sens after three years of exile, around 386 he founded at Sens the monastery of Sts.

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. ;Fifth century: *St. Ambrose (died c. 460) *St. Agroecius (Agrice), bishop around 475 *St. Heraclius (487–515), founder of the monastery of St. John the Evangelist at Sens ;Sixth century: *St. Paul (515–525) *St. Leo (530–541), who sent St. Aspais to evangelize Melun * Constitutus of Sens attended

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in 549 *St. Arthemius, present at the councils of 581 and 585, who admitted to public penance the Spaniard St. Bond and made a holy hermit from a criminal ;Seventh century: * St. Lupus (Lou, or Leu, born c. 573): bishop between around 609 and 623, son of Blessed Betto of the royal house of Burgundy and St Austregilde (founder of the monastery of Ste-Colombe and perhaps the monastery of Ferrières in the

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. Some historians believe it to have been founded under Clovis. He received from the king authorization to coin money in his diocese. *St. Annobertus (c. 639) * St. Gondelbertus (c. 642–643), whose episcopate is documented only by traditions of Senones Abbey dating from the 11th century *St. Arnoul (654–657) *St. Emmon (658–675), who around late 668 received the monk Hadrian, sent to England with Archbishop Theodore *(Perhaps) St. Amé (c. 676), exiled to Péronne by Ebroin; his name is suppressed by Duchesne as having been introduced to the episcopal lists in the 10th century * St. Vulfran (692–695), a monk of Fontenelle, who soon left the See of Sens to evangelize Frisia and died at Fontenelle before 704 *St. Gerie, bishop c. 696 ;Eighth century: *St. Ebbo, at first Abbot of St-Pierre le Vif; bishop before 711, in 731 he placed himself at the head of his people to compel the Saracens to lift the siege of Sens *His successor, St. Merulf *Hartbert, named in the acts of the Council of Soissons (March 744) * Wilchar, present at the

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;Ninth century: *Magnus, former

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; bishop before 802 and author of a handbook of legislation he used when traveling as missus dominicus (royal agent for Charlemagne); died after 817 *Jeremias, ambassador at Rome of

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in the affair of the Iconoclasts; died in 828 *St. Alderic (829–836), former Abbot of Ferrières; consecrated Abbot of St. Maur des Fosses at Paris in 832 * Vénilon (837–865) anointed

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on 6 June 843 at the cathedral of Orléans, to the detriment of the

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; his

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( auxiliary bishop) was Audradus Modicus, author of theological writings including the poem "De Fonte Vitae" (dedicated to Hincmar) and the ''Book of Revelations'', in which he sought to end the rift between Louis the Pious' sons. In 859 Charles the Bald accused Vénilon at the Council of Savonnières of having betrayed him; the matter resolved itself, but Vénilon was still considered guilty; the name of the traitor

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(in the ''

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'') is a corruption of Vénilon. *

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(871–883), at the death of Emperor Louis II, negotiated at Rome for Charles the Bald, bringing the letter of

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inviting Charles to receive the imperial crown. Ansegisus was named by John VIII primate of the Gauls and Germania and vicar of the Holy See for France and Germany, and at the

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, was installed above the other metropolitans despite the

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's opposition. In 880, he anointed

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and

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in the abbey of Ferrières. During the time of archbishop Ansegisus, while the See of Sens exercised primacy, a cleric compiled the ''Ecclesiastical Annals of Sens'' (french: Gestes des Archevêques de Sens, links=no), a history of the first two French dynasties. ;Tenth century: Walter (Vaulter) (887–923): anointed Eudes in 888, Robert I in July 922, and

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on 13 July 923 in the Church of St-Médard at

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; he inherited from his uncle Vaultier (

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) a

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composed between 855 and 873 for the Abbey of St-Amand at Puelle. This document (which he gave to the church of Sens) is an example of Carolingian art and is now in the

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. *St. Anastasius (967–976) *Sevinus (976–999): presided at the Council of St-Basle and incurred the disfavour of

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by his opposition to the deposition of Arnoul.

1000–1200

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at the

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. The second half of the 11th century saw a decline in prestige for the Diocese of Sens. Under the episcopate of Richerius (1062–96), Pope Urban II withdrew primatial authority from the See of Sens to confer it on the

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, and Richerius died without having accepted this decision; his successor Daimbert (1098–1122) was consecrated at Rome in March 1098 after giving assurance that he recognized the primacy of Lyons. Bishop Henri Sanglier (1122–42) caused the condemnation by a council in 1140 of certain propositions of

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. The see regained some prestige when Hugues de Toucy (1142–1168) crowned Constance (wife of King Louis VII) at Orléans in 1152 despite protests by the Archbishop of Reims, and during whose episcopate Pope Alexander III (driven from Rome) installed the pontifical court at Sens for 18 months, on the advice of the bishops. * Guillaume aux Blanches Mains (1168–1176), son of Thibaud II, Count of Champagne, uncle of king Philip Augustus and first cousin of

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, who in 1172 in the name of Pope Alexander III placed the Kingdom of England under an

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and in 1176 became Archbishop of Reims *Gui de Noyers (1176–1193) *Michael of Corbeil (1194–1199), who combated the Manichaean sect of Publicans

1200–1500

* Peter of Corbeil (1200–1222), who had been professor of theology to

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*Philippe de Marigny * William of Paris, who was also Inquisitor of France * Pierre Roger (1329–1330), later Clement VI *Guillaume de Brosse (1330–1338), who erected at one of the doorways of the cathedral of Sens an equestrian statue of

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to perpetuate the remembrance of the victory won by the clergy over the pretensions of Pierre de Cugnières *Guillaume de Melun (1344–1375), who with King

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was taken prisoner by the English at the

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in 1356 * Guy de Roye (1385–1390) *Guillaume de Dormans (1390–1405) *Jean de Montaigu (1406–1415), killed at the battle of Agincourt *Henri de Savoisy (1416–1422), who at Troyes in 1420 blessed the marriage of Henry V of England and Catherine of France *Jean Nanton (1422–1432) *Louis de Melun (1432–1474) * Tristan de Salazar (1475–1519), who concluded the first treaty of alliance between France and Switzerland

1500–1800

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1519–1524 *

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and member of the

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) * Paul d'Albert de Luynes 1753–1788 (Cardinal de Luynes after 1756 and member of the French Academy) * Loménie de Brienne 1788–1793: Minister of

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, cardinal in 1788; during the French Revolution he swore to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy but refused to consecrate the first constitutional bishops, returned to the pope his cardinal's hat, refused to become constitutional Bishop of Toulouse, was twice imprisoned by the

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of Sens and died in prison of apoplexy.

1800–present

* Anne, Cardinal de la Fare 1821–1829 * Jean-Joseph-Marie-Victoire de Cosnac 1829–1843 * Charles André Toussaint Bruno Raimond de la Lande 1843 * Mellon de Jolly 1843–1867 * Victor-Félix Bernadou 1867–1891 * Pierre-Marie-Etienne-Gustave Ardin 1892–1911 * Jean-Victor-Emile Chesnelong 1912–1931 *

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1932–1935 (became

Archbishop of Bordeaux The Archdiocese of Bordeaux (–Bazas) (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Burdigalensis (–Bazensis)''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Bordeaux (–Bazas)''; Occitan: ''Archidiocèsi de Bordèu (–Vasats)'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or a ...

) * Frédéric Edouard Camille Lamy 1936–1962 * René-Louis-Marie Stourm 1962–1977 * Eugène-Marie Ernoult 1977–1990 * Gérard Denis Auguste Defois 1990–1995 (became

Archbishop of Reims The Archdiocese of Reims (traditionally spelt "Rheims" in English) ( la, Archidiœcesis Remensis; French: ''Archidiocèse de Reims'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastic territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. Erected as a diocese a ...

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Georges Edmond Robert Gilson Georges Robert Edmond Gilson (born May 30, 1929) is a French Catholic bishop. Life Gilson was ordained a priest in 1957. In 1974, he was appointed vicar general A vicar general (previously, archdeacon) is the principal deputy of the bishop o ...

1996–2004 * Yves François Patenôtre 2004–2015 * Hervé Jean Robert Giraud 2015–present

Councils of Sens

A large number of Church councils were held at Sens between 600 and 1485. The first involved a controversy over the date of Easter which meant that St. Columbanus refused to attend. The Council of 1140 condemned the writings of

. The Council of 1198 was concerned with the Manichaean sect of the Poplicani.

Bibliography

* Plein, Irene : ''Die frühgotische Skulptur an der Westfassade der Kathedrale von Sens''. Rhema-Verlag, Münster 2005, *Tabbagh, Vincent (ed.) (2010): ''Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae. Répertoire prosopographique des évêques, dignitaires et chanoines des diocèses de France de 1200 à 1500. XI. Diocèse de Sens''. Turnhout, Brepols

References

Bibliography

Reference Works

* pp. 548–549. (Use with caution; obsolete) * p. 284. (in Latin) * * *

Studies

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External links

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Catholic Encyclopedia The ''Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church'' (also referred to as the ''Old Catholic Encyclopedia'' and the ''Original Catholic Encyclopedia'') i ...

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