The former French Catholic diocese of Senlis existed from the sixth century, at least, to the French Revolution. Its see was at

Senlis Senlis () is a commune in the northern French department of Oise, Hauts-de-France. The monarchs of the early French dynasties lived in Senlis, attracted by the proximity of the Chantilly forest. It is known for its Gothic cathedral and other ...

, in the modern department of

Oise Oise ( ; ; ) is a department in the north of France. It is named after the river Oise. Inhabitants of the department are called ''Oisiens'' () or ''Isariens'', after the Latin name for the river, Isara. It had a population of 829,419 in 2019.< ...

, in northern France. It was suppressed by the

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, its territory passing to the diocese of Beauvais.

History

Rieul of Senlis is considered the first bishop, probably around the early fourth century. The first cathedral was built in the late 4th or early 5th century, within the perimeter of the city walls. According to

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Liudhard Liudhard (; modern , also Letard in English) was a Frankish bishop. Life Alban Butler, citing Bede, places his see at Senlis. He was the chaplain of Queen Bertha of Kent, whom she brought with her from the continent upon her marriage to King Æt ...

(Léthard) was chaplain of the

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princess

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, and resigned the see in order to accompany her to Britain when she married

Æthelberht of Kent Æthelberht (; also Æthelbert, Aethelberht, Aethelbert or Ethelbert; ; 550 – 24 February 616) was Kings of Kent, King of Kingdom of Kent, Kent from about 589 until his death. The eighth-century monk Bede, in his ''Ecclesiastical Hist ...

Gregory of Tours Gregory of Tours (born ; 30 November – 17 November 594 AD) was a Gallo-Roman historian and Bishop of Tours during the Merovingian period and is known as the "father of French history". He was a prelate in the Merovingian kingdom, encom ...

says that when king

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was assassinated, he was deserted by his people who had no love for him, however, when Bishop

Maculphe Maculphe (also known as Malulfus or Mallulf) was a 6th-century bishop of the former diocese of Senlis. He is mentioned once in the ''History of the Franks'' by Gregory of Tours. Gregory claimed that when king Chilperic I Chilperic I ( 5 ...

heard of the king's death, he set out to take the king's body and had it buried in the Church of Saint Vincent in Paris. A History of the Franks. Gregory of Tours. Pantianos Classics, 1916 Ursion was

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in 1090, as was his successor, Hubert, in 1091. Construction of the ''Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Senlis'' was started around 1151 on the site of older sanctuaries, under Bishop Pierre."Cathédrale Notre Dame de Senlis", Chantilly-Senlis Tourisme
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Bishops

To 1000

* Saint Rieul (Regulus) * Nicenus (?) * Mansuetus (?) * Venustus (?) * Tanitus (?) * Jocundus (?) * Protatus (or Protritus) (?) * Modestus (?) * c. 511-513:

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(Levangius, Livanianus) * 513-519: Passif (Passivus) * 519-547: Nonnullus * Hodiernus (Fredigernus, Frodigerius) (?) * c. 549-c. 557: Heiliger Gonotigerne (o
Gonotigernus
* Saint Sanctin (Sanctinus) * Saint Léthard, c. 580 * Saint

(or Malulfus) c. 584 * Saint Candide (or Candidus) (?) sixth century * 625-c. 649: Saint Agomer (or Agmarus) * 652-c. 685: Saint Ausbert (or Autbertus) * Saint Amand(us) * c. 767-c.769: Saint Erembert (or Erambertus) * Saint Wulfrède (Vulfredus) * Antalfrède (Antalfridus, Amalsindus) * Bertolinus (Bethelmus) * Odovinus (Odonius, Idoinus) * Adelbert (Adalbertus) * Renaut (Ragnaldus, Reginaldus) * 813-816: Ermenon (or Erminus) * 829-838: Gottfried I (or Godofredus) * 840-871: Herpoin (or Herpuinus) * 871-897: Aubert (Hadebertus, Audebertus) * 899 or 900-909: Otfrid (or Othfredus) * 918 or 923-936: Adelelone (or Adelelmus) * 937-?: Bernuin(us) * Guntbertus (?) * c. 948: Ivo I. (or Yves) * 965 or 972: Constance (or Constantius) * 987 or 989-993: Eudes I. (or Odo) * 996 or 998: Robert I. (or Robertus)

1000 to 1300

* 1015: Raoul I. (or Rodulph(us)) * 1021 or 1022-1027: Guy I. le Bon (or Guido) * 1029: Raoul II. (or Rodulphus) * 1030-1042: Guy II. (or Guido) * 1043-1053: Frotland(us) I. * 1058: Guy III. (or Guido) * 1059-1067: Frotland(us) II. * 1067 or 1068-1069: Eudes II. (or Odo) * 1072 or 1074-1075: Rolland(us) * 1075 or 1076: Ingelran (or Ingelardus) * 1076 or 1077-1079: Ivo II. (or Yves) * 1081 or 1082-1093: Ursion (or Ursio or Ursus),

* 1091 or 1091-1095: Hubert (or Hugues) * 1095 or 1097-1099: Liétaud (or Letaldus) * 1099-1115: Hubert(us) * 1115 or 1117-1133: Clérembaut (or Clarembaldus) * 1134-8. April 1151: Pierre I. (or Petrus) * 1151-1154: Thibaud (or Theobaldus) * 1155 or 1156-1167: Amaury (or Amauricus) * 1168 or 1169-1185: Henri(cus) * 1185-1213: Geoffroy II. (or Gaufridus) * 1213 or 1214-18. April 1227: Guérin (or Garinus), Chancellor of France * 1227 or 1228-20. August 1258: Adam de Chambly * 1259-1 October 1260: Robert II. de La Houssaye * 1260-1283: Robert III. de Cressonsart * 1287-1288: Gautier de Chambly et Nuilly (or Gualterus) * 1290 or 1291-1293 or 1294: Pierre II. Cailleau (or Petrus Cailleu or Chaillou) * 1292 or 1294-9 May 1308: Guy IV. de Plailly (or Guido)

1300-1500

* 1308 or 1309-1313: Guillaume I. de Baron (or Guilielmus de Berrone) * 5 November 1314 – 1334: Pierre III. de Baron (or Petrus Barrière) * c. 1335-1337: Vast de Villiers (Vedastus de Villaribus) * 1337-1339: Etienne de Villiers (Stephanus de Villaribus) * 1339-27. August 1344: Robert IV. de Plailly * 31. August 1344 – 1349: Pierre IV. de Cros * 1349-1351: Denys I. le Grand (or Dionysus) * 1351-1356: Pierre V. de Treigny * c. 1356 (?): Pierre VI. de Proverville (?) * 1356-1377: Adam de Nemours * c. 1377-c. 1379: Martin (oder Martinus) * c. 1379-c. 1380: Pierre VII. (or Petrus) * 1380-8 September 1409: Jean I. Dieudonné (Joannes Dodieu) * 2 October 1409 – 11 April 1415:

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* 10 May 1415 – 12 June 1418: Jean II d'Archery (Joannes Dachery) * 23 June 1418-23 November (?) 1422: Pierre IX. de Chissey * 14 May 1423 – 12 October 1429: Jean III. Fouquerel * 20. April 1432 or 1433-6. Mai 1434: Guillaume II de Hottot (or Guiliemus de Hotot) * 1434-1447: Jean IV. Raphanel * 4 May 1447 – 1496: Simon Bonnet * 26 September 1496 – 3 March 1499: Jean V. Neveu * 11. April 1499-29. August 1515: Charles de Blanchefort

From 1500

* 1515-1517: Nicolas I. de Sains * 1 February 1517 – 1522: Jean VI. Calvi (or Joannes Calueau) * 1522-27 August 1526: Artus Fillon (or Arturius) * 1527: Oudart Hennequin (or Odardus) * 29 March 1528-8. December 1536: Guillaume III. Petit (or Guilielmus Parvi) * 8. January 1537-14. September 1559: René Le Roullier (or Renatus Le Rouillé) * 27 March 1560 – 13 June 1560: Crespin de Brichanteau (or Crispinus) * 17 July 1560 – 1561: Louis Guillart (or Ludovicus) * 19 September 1561 – 30 October 1583: Pierre X. Le Chevalier * 6 May 1584 – 1602: Guillaume IV Rose * 24 March 1602 – 15 March 1610: Antoine Rose * 1610-1622:

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* 19 September 1622 – 15 July 1652: Nicolas II Sanguin * 14 January 1653 – 13 March 1702: Denys II Sanguin (or Dionysus) * 16 April 1702-1. April 1714:

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* 25 November 1714 – 4 January 1754: François-Firmin Trudaine (or Firminus) * 16 June 1754 – 21 September 1801: Jean-Armand de Bessuéjouls de Roquelaure

Notes

Bibliography

Sources

* pp. 548–549. (Use with caution; obsolete) * p. 301. (in Latin) * p. 175. * * p. 219. *

Studies

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Senlis, Ancient Diocese

1801 disestablishments in France