The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Embrun was located in southeastern France, in the mountains of the Maritime Alps, on a route that led from Gap by way of Briançon to Turin. It had as

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and

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. Its see was the Cathedral of Nôtre Dame in Embrun. The former French Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Embrun was suppressed after the

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. It was replaced, under the Civil Constitution of the Clergy (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

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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

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, 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

, 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

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(1250–71), known as ''(H)Ostiensis'', i.e.

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, an orator and canonist of renown; *

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(1323–38), who as the

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at Rome did much to bring about the downfall of

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; * Giulio de' Medici (1510–11), later

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under the name of Clement VII; *Cardinal

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(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

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Soanen, Bishop of his suffragan see of Senez. *

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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 Saint Palladius of Embrun (french: Pallade, Pélade, ca, Patllari, Pal·ladi) (d. ca. 541 AD) was a 6th-century bishop of Embrun. Born to a Christian family, he studied under Catulin, bishop of Embrun, who had attended the Council of Épaone i ...

* 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

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.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:

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(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 * 1