Synods held at Troyes

Religious councils held in Troyes, France

There have been a number of councils held at Troyes:

Council of 867

The council was held on orders of Pope Nicholas I, to deal with Hincmar of Reims and his quarrels.^[1] The decrees were signed on 2 November 867.^[2] The Council ruled that no bishop could be deposed from his See without the consent of the Pope.^[3]

Bishops present

• Hincmar, Archbishop of Reims
• Herard, Bishop of Tours
• Wenilo, Bishop of Rouen
• Frotarius, Bishop of Bordeaux
• Hegilo, Bishop of Sens
• irizarri, Bishop of Bourges
• Rothadus, Bishop of Soissons
• Actardus, Bishop of Nantes
• Hildegarius, Bishop of Meaux
• Aeneas, Bishop of Paris
• Hincmar, Bishop of Laon
• Gislibertus, Bishop of Chartres
• Ercanraus, Bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne
• Ercambertus, Bishop of Bayeux
• Odo, Bishop of
• Folcricus, Bishop of St.-Paul-trois-Châteaux
• Livido, Bishop of Autun
• Ioannes, Bishop of Cambrai
• Hilduinus, Bishop of Évreux
• Abbo, Bishop of Nevers

Council of 878 (Second Council of Troyes)

• 878 Second Council of Troyes^[4]
  • Pope John VIII proclaimed that no bishop could be deposed without reference to the Holy See

Bishops present

• John, Bishop of Rome
• Walbertus, Bishop of Porto
• Petrus, Bishop of Forum Sempronii (Fossombrone)
• Pascasius, Bishop
• Hincmar, Archbishop of Reims
• Ansegisus, Archbishop of Sens
• Aurelianus, Archbishop of Lyon
• Sigebodus, Archbishop of Narbonne
• Rostagnus, Archbishop of Arles
• Adalardus, Archbishop of Tours
• Teudericus Archbishop of Besançon
• Ottramnus, Archbishop of Vienne
• Isaac, Bishop of Langres
• Gerboldus, Bishop of Châlons-sur-Saône
• Agilmarus, Bishop of Clermont (Arvernensis)
• Bernerus, Bishop of Grenoble
• Abbo, Bishop of Nevers
• Ottulfus, Bishop of Tréguier
• Gislebertus, Bishop of Chartres
• Walefridus, Bishop of Uzés
• Hildebaldus, Bishop of Soissons
• Teutherus, Bishop of Gerona
• Ingelwinus, Bishop of Paris
• Edenulfus, Bishop of Laon
• Adebertus, Bishop of Senlis
• Berno, Bishop of Chalons
• Maricus, Bishop of Béziers
• Ecfridus, Bishop of Poitiers
• Abbo, Bishop of Maguelonne
• Frodoinus, Bishop of Barcelona
• Arnaldus, Bishop of Toul

Council of 1078

Summoned By Archbishop Hugues de Die and the Abbot of Cluny.^[5]

Council of 1104

Convened by Cardinal Richard, Bishop of Albano, Papal Legate^[6]

Council of 1107

Convened on 23 May 1107 by Pope Paschal II personally. Rothard, Bishop of Mainz, was suspended from office because he had dared to reconcile a schismatic bishop, Udo of Hildesheim, to the Church.^[7]

Bishops attending

No complete list survives. Some bishops who probably attended can be discovered in surviving documents:

• Pope Paschal II
• Cardinal Richard, Bishop of Albano
• Aldo, Bishop of Piacenza
• Odo, Bishop of Cambrai
• Leodegarus, Bishop of Bourges
• Girard, Bishop of Angoulême
• ldebertus, Bishop of Le Mans
• Ioannes, Bishop of Thérouanne
• Gotofridus, Bishop of Amiens
• Galo, Bishop of Paris
• Lambertus, Bishop of Arras

Council of 1129

• 1129^[a] - convened by Bernard of Clairvaux:^[b][10]
  • recognized and confirmed the Order of the Knights Templar
  • solved disputes involving the Bishop of Paris

Notes

1. sometimes listed as 1128^[8]
2. Piers Paul Read states the papal legate Matthew, cardinal-bishop of Albano, presided over the council.^[9]

References

1. Louis Moréri; Goujet (1759). Le Grand dictionnaire historique ou le Mélange curieux de l'histoire sacrée et profane... par Mre Louis Moreri,. (in French). Paris: chez les libraires associés. p. 366. Sirmond, III, p. 353-604.
2. Sirmond, III, p. 358.
3. Lee, Guy Carleton (1897). "Hincmar: An Introduction to the study of the Revolution in the Organization of the Church in the Ninth Century". Papers of the American Society of Church History. 8: 231–260, at 257-260. doi:10.1017/S1079902800001078. hdl:2027/uc1.b3502016. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
4. Sirmond, III, pp. 473-496; the subscriptions of the bishops is at pp. 479-480.
5. Louis Ellies Dupin; Daniel Penningen (1697). Nouvelle bibliotheque des auteurs ecclesiastiques. Vol. Tome VIII. Paris: Pralard. p. 61.
6. Bernard Monod (1907). Essai sur les rapports de Pascal II. avec Philippe Ier (1099-1108) (in French). Paris: H. Champion. pp. 39–42.
7. Uta-Renate Blumenthal (1978). "Chapter 3: The Council of Troyes, 23 May 1107". The Early Councils of Pope Paschal II, 1100-1110. Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies. ISBN 978-0-88844-043-3., and pp. 34-35.
8. Barber 1995, p. 14.
9. Read 1999, p. 100.
10. Ben-Ami 1969, p. 66.

Bibliography

• Ben-Ami, Aharon (1969). Social Change in a Hostile Environment: The Crusaders' Kingdom of Jerusalem. Princeton University Press.
• Barber, Malcolm (1995). The New Knighthood: A History of the Order of the Temple. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521420415.
• Hefele, Charles Joseph (1911). Histoire des conciles Tome IV, deuxième partie. Paris: Letouzey. pp. 666–678. (tr. H. Leclercq)
• Hefele, Charles Joseph (1870). Histoire des conciles Tome V. Paris: Letouzey. pp. 528–550. (tr. H. Leclercq)[Council of Troyes, 867]
• Lalore, Charles (1867). Les synodes du diocèse de Troyes (in French). Troyes: E. Caffé.
• Read, Piers Paul (1999). The Templars. Da Capo Press. ISBN 9780306814969.
• Sirmond, Jacques (1629). Concilia antiqua Galliae tres in tomos ordine digesta. Cum epistolis pontificum, principum constitutionibus, & aliis Gallicanae rei ecclesiasticae monimentis. Quorum plurima vel integra, vel magna ex parte, nunc primum in lucem exeunt. Opera & studio Iacobi Sirmondi Societatis Iesu presbyteri. Tomus 1. [-3.] (in Latin). Paris: Sebastien Cramoisy.