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Bishopric of Verdun

Bishopric of Verdun
Fürstbistum Wirten (de)
Principauté épiscopale de Verdun (fr)
State of the Holy Roman Empire
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 997–1552 →


Coat of arms

The Three Bishoprics of Verdun, Metz and Toul in the upper half of this map, coloured green and outlined in pink.
Capital Verdun
Government Theocracy
Historical era Middle Ages
 •  County established 10th century
 •  County ceded
    to the bishopric 		997
 •  Three Bishoprics
    annexed by France 		1552
 •  Peace of Westphalia
    recognises annexation
1648

The Bishopric of Verdun was also a state of the Holy Roman Empire; it was located at the western edge of the Empire and was bordered by France, the Duchy of Luxembourg, and the Duchy of Bar.

According to legend, Peter (774-798), successor of Madalvaeus, was granted temporal lordship of the Diocese by Charlemagne, but this is no longer accepted.[1]

Because of the destruction of the archives in a fire Bishop Dadon (880-923) commissioned the Gesta episcoporum Virodunensium (Chronicle of the Bishops of Verdun) from Bertharius, a Benedictine monk. This was continued to 1250 by a second monk, Lawrence, and later by an anonymous writer.[1]

The Holy Roman Emperor Otto III bestowed the title Count on Bishop Haimon (990-1024) and his successors in 997. The bishops had the right to appoint a temporary "count for life" (comte viager), theoretically subject to the authority of the bishop. These counts were selected from the noble family of Ardennes. There was frequent conflict between the count and the bishop.[1]

The Bishopric was annexed to France in 1552; this was recognized by the Holy Roman Empire in the Peace of Westphalia of 1648. It then was a part of the province of the Three Bishoprics.

Contents

  • Bishops 1
    • Fourth century 1.1
    • Fifth century 1.2
    • Sixth century 1.3
    • Seventh century 1.4
    • Eighth century 1.5
    • Ninth century 1.6
    • Tenth century 1.7
    • Eleventh century 1.8
    • Twelfth century 1.9
    • Thirteenth century 1.10
    • Fourteenth century 1.11
    • Fifteenth century 1.12
    • Sixteenth century 1.13
    • Seventeenth century 1.14
    • Eighteenth century 1.15
    • After the Concordat 1.16
    • 20th century 1.17
    • 21st century 1.18
  • See also 2
  • External links 3
  • Notes 4

Bishops

Fourth century

Fifth century

  • ???-420 : Salvinus
  • ca.440 : Arator
  • 454-470 : Polychronius[2]
  • 470-486 : Possessor
  • 486-502 : Freminus (Firminus)

Sixth century

  • 502-529 : Vitonus
  • 529-554 : Desideratus
  • 554-591 : Agericus
  • v.595 : Charimeres

Seventh century

  • v.614 : Harimeris
  • ???-621 : Ermenfred
  • 623-626 : Godo
  • 641-648 : Paulus
  • 648-665 : Gisloald
  • 665-689 : Gerebert
  • 689-701 : Armonius

Eighth century

  • 701-710 : Agrebert
  • 711-715 : Bertalamius
  • 716 : Abbo
  • 716-722 : Pepo
  • 722-730 : Volchisus
  • 730-732 : Agronius
  • 753-774 : Madalveus
  • 774-798 : Pierre (Peter)
  • 798-802 : Austram

Ninth century

  • 802-824 : Heriland
  • 824-847 : Hilduin
  • 847-870 : Hatton
  • 870-879 : Bernard
  • 880-923 : Dadon, fille de Radald of Rotrude (sister of the preceding)

Tenth century

Eleventh century

  • 1024-1039 : Reginbert
  • 1039-1046 : Richard Ier
  • 1047-1089 : Thierry
  • 1089-1107 : Richhar

Twelfth century

Thirteenth century

Fourteenth century

  • 1303-1305 : Thomas de Blankenberg
  • 1305-1312 : Nicolas Ier de Neuville
  • 1312-1349 : Henri IV de Aspremont
  • 1349-1351 : Otton de Poitiers
  • 1352-1361 : Hugues III de Bar
  • 1362-1371 : Jean IV de Bourbon-Montperoux
  • 1371-1375 : Jean V de Dampierre-St Dizier
  • 1375-1379 : Guy III de Roye
  • 1380-1404 : Leobald de Cousance

Fifteenth century

  • 1404-1419 : Jean VI de Saarbruck
  • 1419-1423 : Louis I of Bar († 1430), administrator
  • 1423-1423 : Raymond
  • 1423-1424 : Guillaume de Montjoie
  • 1424-1430 : Louis I of Bar († 1430), administrator
  • 1430-1437 : Louis de Haraucourt
  • 1437-1449 : Guillaume Fillatre
  • 1449-1456 : Louis de Haraucourt
  • 1457-1500 : Guillaume de Haraucourt

Sixteenth century

Seventeenth century

Eighteenth century

After the Concordat

  • 1823-1830 : Etienne-Bruno-Marie d'Arbou
  • 1826-1831 : François-Joseph de Villeneuve-Esclapon
  • 1832-1836 : Placide-Bruno Valayer
  • 1836-1844 : Augustin-Jean Le Tourneur
  • 1844-1866 : Louis Rossat
  • 1867-1884 : Augustin Hacquard
  • 1884-1887 : Jean-Natalis-François Gonindard
  • 1887-1901 : Jean-Pierre Pagis
  • 1901-1909 : Louis-Ernest Dubois

20th century

  • 1910-1913 : Jean Arturo Chollet
  • 1914-1946 : Charles-Marie-André Ginisty
  • 1946-1963 : Marie-Paul-Georges Petit
  • 1963-1986 : Pierre Francis Lucien Anatole Boillon
  • 1987-1999 : Marcel Paul Herriot

21st century

See also

External links

  • Website of the diocese
  • Historia brevis episcoporum Virdunensium

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Goyau, Georges. "Diocese of Verdun". The Catholic Encyclopedia. New Advent. Retrieved April 26, 2013. 
  2. ^ Smith, William; Wace, Henry (1887). A Dictionary of Christian Biography, Literature, Sects and Doctrines, vol 4. Little, Brown & Company. p. 436. 
  3. ^ Son of Frederick I, Duke of Upper Lorraine, cousin of predecessor.
  4. ^ Son of René II, Duke of Lorraine.
  5. ^ (1561-1587), bishop of Toul from 1580 to 1587, son of Nicolas de Mercœur.
  6. ^ (1576-1623), son of Nicolas de Mercœur.

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