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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Le Puy-en-Velay (
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: ''Dioecesis Aniciensis''; French: ''Diocèse du Puy-en-Velay'') is a
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in France. The diocese comprises the whole
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, in the
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. Currently the diocese is a
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of the
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. Last bishop, as of April 2015 was bishop Luc Crépy. Actually is bishop in Versailles, Since February 2021. The current bishop, as of March 2022 is Yves Baumgarten. The territory of the old Diocese of Le Puy, suppressed by the
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, was united with the
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and became a diocese again in 1823. The district of
Brioude Brioude (; Auvergnat: ''Briude'') is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-central France. It lies on the banks of the river Allier, a tributary of the Loire. History At Brioude, the ancient ''Bri ...
, which had belonged to the Diocese of Saint-Flour under the old regime, was thenceforward included in the new Diocese of Le Puy. Le Puy is on the
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, the historical pilgrimage to Compostela.


Early history

The '' Martyrology of Ado'' and the first legend of St. Front of Périgueux (written perhaps in the middle of the tenth century, by Gauzbert, chorepiscopus of Limoges) speak of a certain priest named George who was brought to life by the touch of St. Peter's staff, and who accompanied St. Front, St. Peter's missionary and first
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. A legend of St. George, the origin of which, according to
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is not earlier than the eleventh century, makes that saint one of the seventy-two disciples, and tells how he founded the Church of Civitas Vetula in the County of Le Velay, and how, at the request of St. Martial, he caused an altar to the Blessed Virgin to be erected on Mont Anis (Mons Anicius). After St. George, certain local traditions of very late origin point to Sts. Macarius, Marcellinus, Roricius, Eusebius, Paulianus, and Vosy (Evodius) as bishops of Le Puy. It must have been from St. Paulianus that the town of Ruessium, now
Saint-Paulien Saint-Paulien (; Auvergnat: ''Sant Pàulhan'') is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France. Population See also *Communes of the Haute-Loire department The following is a list of the 257 communes of the Haute-Loire ...
, received its name; and it was probably St. Vosy who completed the church of Our Lady of Le Puy at Anicium and transferred the episcopal see from Ruessium to Anicium. St. Vosy was apprised in a vision that the angels themselves had dedicated the cathedral to the Blessed Virgin, whence the epithet Angelic given to the cathedral of Le Puy. It is impossible to say whether this St. Evodius is the same who signed the decrees of the Council of Valence in 374. Neither can it be affirmed that St. Benignus, who in the seventh century founded a hospital at the gates of the basilica, and St. Agrevius, the seventh-century martyr from whom the town of Saint-Agrève Chiniacum took its name, were really bishops. Duchesne thinks that the chronology of these early bishops rests on very little evidence and that very ill-supported by documents; before the tenth century only six individuals appear of whom it can be said with certainty that they were bishops of Le Puy. The first of these, Scutarius, the legendary architect of the first cathedral, dates, if we may trust the inscription which bears his name, from the end of the fourth century.


Pilgrimage and medieval status

Legend traces the origin of the pilgrimage of Le Puy to an apparition of the Blessed Virgin to a sick widow whom St. Martial had converted. No French pilgrimage was more frequented in the Middle Ages.
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came twice, in 772 and 800; there is a legend that in 772 he established a foundation at the cathedral for ten poor canons (chanoines de paupérie), and he chose Le Puy, with
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and Saint-Gilles, as a centre for the collection of
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.
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visited Le Puy in 877, Eudes of France in 892,
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in 1029,
Philip Augustus Philip II (21 August 1165 – 14 July 1223), byname Philip Augustus (french: Philippe Auguste), was King of France from 1180 to 1223. His predecessors had been known as kings of the Franks, but from 1190 onward, Philip became the first French m ...
in 1183.
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met the King of Aragon there in 1245; and in 1254 passing through Le Puy on his return from Palestine, he gave to the cathedral an ebony image of the Blessed Virgin clothed in gold brocade. After him, Le Puy was visited by
Philip the Bold Philip II the Bold (; ; 17 January 1342 – 27 April 1404) was Duke of Burgundy and '' jure uxoris'' Count of Flanders, Artois and Burgundy. He was the fourth and youngest son of King John II of France and Bonne of Luxembourg. Philip II was ...
in 1282, by Philip the Fair in 1285, by
Charles VI of France Charles VI (3 December 136821 October 1422), nicknamed the Beloved (french: le Bien-Aimé) and later the Mad (french: le Fol or ''le Fou''), was King of France from 1380 until his death in 1422. He is known for his mental illness and psychotic ...
in 1394, by
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in 1420, and by the mother of
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in 1429.
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made the pilgrimage in 1436 and 1475, and in 1476 halted three leagues from the city and went to the cathedral barefooted. Charles VIII visited it in 1495,
Francis I of France Francis I (french: François Ier; frm, Francoys; 12 September 1494 – 31 March 1547) was King of France from 1515 until his death in 1547. He was the son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy. He succeeded his first cousin once ...
in 1533. Theodulph,
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, brought to Our Lady of Le Puy, as an ex-voto for his deliverance, a magnificent Bible, the letters of which were made of plates of gold and silver, which he had himself put together, about 820, while in prison at Angers. St. Mayeul, St. Odilon, St. Robert, St. Hugh of Grenoble, St. Anthony of Padua,
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, St. Vincent Ferrer,
St. John Francis Regis Jean-François Régis, commonly known as Saint John Francis Regis and Saint Regis, (31 January 1597 – 31 December 1640), was a French priest of the Society of Jesus, recognized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church in 1737. A tireless p ...
were pilgrims to Le Puy. The Church of Le Puy received, on account of its dignity and fame, temporal and spiritual favours. Concessions made in 919 by William the Young,
Count of Auvergne This is a list of the various rulers of Auvergne. History In the 7th century Auvergne was disputed between the Franks and Aquitanians. It was later conquered by the Carolingians, and was integrated for a time into the kingdom of Aquitaine. The ...
and Le Velay, and in 923 by King Raoul, gave it sovereignty over the whole population of the town (bourg) of Anis, a population which soon amounted to 30,000 souls. In 999,
Pope Sylvester II Pope Sylvester II ( – 12 May 1003), originally known as Gerbert of Aurillac, was a French-born scholar and teacher who served as the bishop of Rome and ruled the Papal States from 999 to his death. He endorsed and promoted study of Arab and Gre ...
consecrated his friend Théodard, a monk of Aurillac, Bishop of Le Puy, to replace Stephen of Gévaudan, whom his uncle Guy, Bishop of Le Puy, had in his lifetime, designated to be his successor, and whom a Roman council had excommunicated. Sylvester II exempted Théodard from all metropolitan jurisdiction, a privilege which
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confirmed to the Bishops of Le Puy, also granting them the right, until then reserved to archbishops exclusively of wearing the
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. "Nowhere", he said in his Bull, "does the Blessed Virgin receive a more special and more filial worship." It was from Le Puy that
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dated (15 August 1095) the Letters Apostolic convoking the
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, and it was a canon of Le Puy, Raymond d'Aiguilles, chaplain to the Count of Toulouse, who wrote the history of the crusade.
Pope Gelasius II Pope Gelasius II (c. 1060/1064 – 29 January 1119), born Giovanni Caetani or Giovanni da Gaeta (also called ''Coniulo''), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 24 January 1118 to his death in 1119. A monk of Monte C ...
,
Pope Callistus II Pope Callixtus II or Callistus II ( – 13 December 1124), born Guy of Burgundy, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1 February 1119 to his death in 1124. His pontificate was shaped by the Investiture Controversy, ...
,
Pope Innocent II Pope Innocent II ( la, Innocentius II; died 24 September 1143), born Gregorio Papareschi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 14 February 1130 to his death in 1143. His election as pope was controversial and the fi ...
and
Pope Alexander III Pope Alexander III (c. 1100/1105 – 30 August 1181), born Roland ( it, Rolando), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 7 September 1159 until his death in 1181. A native of Siena, Alexander became pope after a con ...
visited Le Puy to pray, and with the visit of one of these popes must be connected the origin of the great
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which is granted to Our Lady of Le Puy whenever
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falls on 25 March, the
Feast of the Annunciation The Feast of the Annunciation, in Greek, Ο Ευαγγελισμός της Θεοτόκου, contemporarily the Solemnity of the Annunciation, and also called Lady Day, the Feast of the Incarnation ('), or Conceptio Christi ('), commemorates the ...
. It is supposed that this jubilee was instituted by Callistus II, who passed through Le Puy, in April, 1119, or by Alexander III, who was there in August, 1162, and June, 1165, or by
Pope Clement IV Pope Clement IV ( la, Clemens IV; 23 November 1190 – 29 November 1268), born Gui Foucois ( la, Guido Falcodius; french: Guy de Foulques or ') and also known as Guy le Gros ( French for "Guy the Fat"; it, Guido il Grosso), was bishop of Le P ...
, who had been Bishop of Le Puy. The first jubilee historically known took place in 1407, and in 1418 the chronicles mention a Bull of
Pope Martin V Pope Martin V ( la, Martinus V; it, Martino V; January/February 1369 – 20 February 1431), born Otto (or Oddone) Colonna, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 11 November 1417 to his death in February 1431. Hi ...
prolonging the duration of the jubilee. During the Middle Ages, everyone who had made the pilgrimage to Le Puy had the privilege of making a will ''in extremis'' with only two witnesses instead of seven. Honoured with such prerogatives, the Church of Le Puy assumed a sort of primacy in respect to most of the Churches of France, and even of Christendom. This primacy manifested itself practically in a right to beg, established with the authorization of the Holy See, in virtue of which the chapter of Le Puy levied a veritable tax upon almost all the Christian countries to support its hospital of Notre-Dame.


Relationship with Girona

In
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this '' droit de quête'', recognized by the Spanish Crown, was so thoroughly established that the chapter had its collectors permanently installed in that country. A famous "fraternity" existed between the chapter of Le Puy and that of
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in Catalonia.


Later history

The statue of Our Lady of Le Puy and the other treasures escaped the pillage of the Middle Ages. The roving banditti were victoriously dispersed, in 1180, by the Confraternity of the Chaperons (Hooded Cloaks) founded at the suggestion of a canon of Le Puy. In 1562 and 1563 Le Puy was successfully defended against the Huguenots by priests and religious armed with cuirasses and arquebuses. But in 1793 the statue was torn from its shrine and burned in the public square. Père de Ravignan, in 1846, and the Abbé Combalot, in 1850, were inspired with the idea of a great monument to the Blessed Virgin on the Rocher Corneille. Napoleon III placed at the disposal of Bishop Morlhon 213 pieces of artillery taken by Pélissier at Sebastopol, and the colossal statue of "Notre-Dame de France" cast from the iron of these guns, amounting in weight to 150,000 kilogrammes, or more than 330,000 lbs. avoirdupois, was dedicated 12 September 1860.


Saints

The saints specially venerated in the diocese are: *St. Domninus, martyr, whose body is preserved in the cathedral; * St. Julian of Brioude, martyr in 304, and his companion, St. Ferréol; * St. Calminius (Carmery),
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, who prompted the foundation of the Abbey of Le Monastier, and St. Eudes, first abbot (end of the sixth century); * St. Theofredus (Chaffre, Theofrid), Abbot of Le Monastier and martyr under the Saracens (c. 735); * St. Mayeul,
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, who, in the second half of the tenth century, cured a blind man at the gates of Le Puy, and whose name was given, in the fourteenth century, to the university in which the clergy made their studies; * St. Odilon, Abbot of Cluny (962–1049), who embraced the life of a regular canon in the monastery of St. Julien de Brioude; * St. Robert d'Aurillac (d. 1067) who founded the monastery of Chaise Dieu in the Brioude district; * St. Peter Chavanon (d. 1080), a canon regular, founder and first provost of the Abbey of Pébrac. At the age of eighteen M. Olier, afterwards the founder of Saint-Sulpice, was Abbot in commendam of Pébrac and, in 1626 was an "honorary count-canon of the chapter of St. Julien de Brioude". We may mention as natives of this diocese: the Benedictine, Hughes Lanthenas (1634–1701), who edited the works of St. Bernard and St. Anselm, and was the historian of the Abbey of Vendôme; the Benedictine, Jacques Boyer, joint author of ''
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''; Cardinal de Polignac (d. 1741), author of the "Antilucretius".


Cathedral

The cathedral of Le Puy, which forms the highest point of the city, rising from the foot of the Rocher Corneille, exhibits architecture of every period from the fifth century to the fifteenth. The architectural effect is audacious and picturesque. The four galleries of the cloister were constructed during a period extending from the Carolingian epoch to the twelfth century. The Benedictine monastery of the Chaise Dieu united in 1640 to the Congregation of St-Maur, still stands, with the fortifications which Abbot de Chanac caused to be built between 1378 and 1420, and the church, rebuilt in the fourteenth century by Clement VI, who had made his studies here, and by Gregory XI, his nephew. This church contains the tomb of Clement VI. The fine church of S. Julien de Brioude, in florid Byzantine style, dates from the eleventh or twelfth century. Besides the great pilgrimage of Le Puy, we may mention those of Notre-Dame de Pradelles, at Pradelles, a pilgrimage dating from 1512; of Notre-Dame d'Auteyrac, at Sorlhac, which was very popular before the Revolution; of Notre-Dame Trouvée, at Lavoute-Chilhac.


Bishops


To 1000

*St Voisy 374 *St Suacre 396 *St Sautaire *St Armentaire 451 *St Benigne *St Faustin ca. 468 *St Georg ca. 480 *St Marcellin 6. Jh. *Forbius ca. 550 *Aurele ca. 585 *St Agreve 602 *Eusebius ca. 615 *Basilius ca. 635 *Kutilius ca. 650 *St Eudes ca. 670 *Duicidius ca. 700 *Hilgericus ca. 720? *Tornoso ca. 760? *Macaire ca. 780 *Borice 811 *Dructan ca. 850 *Hardouin 860, 866 *Guido I. 875 *Norbert de Poitiers 876–903 *Adalard 919–924 *Hector 925?–934? *Godescalc 935–955 *Bégon 961 *Peter I. 970? *Guido II of Anjou 975–993 *Stephan de Gévaudan 995–998 *Theotard 999


1000-1300

*Guido III 1004 *Frédol D'Anduze 1016 *Stephan de Mercœur 1031–1052 *Peter II de Mercœur 1053–1073 *Stephan d'Auvergne 1073 *Stephan de Polignac 1073–1077 *
Adhemar de Monteil Adhemar (also known as Adémar, Aimar, or Aelarz) de Monteil (died 1 August 1098) was one of the principal figures of the First Crusade and was bishop of Puy-en-Velay from before 1087. He was the chosen representative of Pope Urban II for the ...
1082–1098 *Pons de Tournon 1102–1112 *Pons Maurice de Monfboissier 1112–1128 *Humbert D'Albon 1128–1144 *Peter III 1145–1156 *Pons III 1158 *Pierre de Solignac 1159–1191 *Aimard 1192–1195 *Odilon de Mercœur 1197–1202 * :fr:Bertrand de Chalençon 1202–1213 *Robert de Mehun 1213–1219 *Étienne de Chalencon 1220–1231 *Bernard de Rochefort 1231–1236 *Bernard de Montaigu 1236–1248 *Guillaume de Murat 1248–1250 *Bernard de Ventadour 1251–1255 *Armand de Polignac 1255–1257 *
Guy Foulques Pope Clement IV ( la, Clemens IV; 23 November 1190 – 29 November 1268), born Gui Foucois ( la, Guido Falcodius; french: Guy de Foulques or ') and also known as Guy le Gros (French for "Guy the Fat"; it, Guido il Grosso), was bishop of Le Pu ...
1257–1260, later Pope Clement IV *Guillaume de La Roue 1260–1282 *Guido V. 1283 *Frédol de Saint-Bonnet 1284–1289 *Guy de Neuville 1290–1296 *Jean de Comines 1296–1308


1300-1500

*Bernard de Castanet 1308–1317 *Guillaume de Brosse 1317–1318 * Durand de Saint Pourçain 1318–1326 *Pierre Gorgeul 1326–1327 *Bernard Brun 1327–1342 *Jean Chandorat 1342–1356 *Jean du Jaurens 1356–1361 *Bertrand de la Tour 1361–1382 *Bertrand de Chanac 1382–1385 *Pierre Girard 1385–1390 *Gilles de Bellemère 1390–1392 *Itier de Martreuil 1392–1394 *
Pierre d'Ailly Pierre d'Ailly (; Latin ''Petrus Aliacensis'', ''Petrus de Alliaco''; 13519 August 1420) was a French theologian, astrologer and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Academic career D'Ailly was born in Compiègne in 1350 or 1351 of a prospero ...
1395–1397 *Elie de Lestrange 1397–1418 *Guillaume de Chalencon 1418–1443 *Jean de Bourbon 1443–1485 *Geoffroy de Pompadour 1486–1514


1500-1801

*Antoine de Chabannes 1514–1535 *(
Agostino Trivulzio Agostino Trivulzio (c. 1485–1548) was an Italian Cardinal and papal legate. He was from a noble family in Milan, the eighth child of Giovanni Trivulzio di Borgomanero, a Councillor of the Dukes of Milan, and Angela (or Agnolina, or Anna) Marti ...
1525, administrator) *François de Sarcus 1536–1557 *Martin de Beaune 1557–1561 *Antoine de Sénecterre 1561–1593 *Jacques de Serres 1596–1621 *Just de Serres 1621–1641 *Henri Cauchon de Maupas du Tour 1641–1661 *Armand de Béthune 1661–1703 *Claude de La Roche-Aymon 1703–1720 *Godefroy Maurice de Conflans 1721–1725 *Fr.-Charles de Beringhen D'Armainvilliers 1725–1742 *
Jean-Georges Le Franc de Pompignan Jean Georges Lefranc de Pompignan (22 February 1715 in Montauban – 29 December 1790 in Paris) was a French clergyman, younger brother of Jean-Jacques Lefranc, Marquis de Pompignan. Pompignan was the archbishop of Vienne against whose defense o ...
1742–1774, † 1790 *Joseph-Marie de Galard de Terraube 1774–1790 (1801)


From 1823

* Louis-Jacques Maurice de Bonald 1823–1839 (later
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) * Pierre-Marie-Joseph Darcimoles 1840–1846 (later
Archbishop of Aix The Archdiocese of Aix-en-Provence and Arles (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Aquensis in Gallia et Arelatensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse d'Aix-en-Provence et Arles''; Occitan Provençal: ''Archidiocèsi de Ais de Provença e Arle'' or ''Archidioucès ...
) * Joseph-Auguste-Victorin de Morlhon 1846–1862 * Pierre-Marc Le Breton 1863–1886 * André-Clément-Jean-Baptiste-Joseph-Marie Fulbert Petit 1887–1894 (later Archbishop of Besançon) * Constant-Ludovic-Marie Guillois 1894–1907 * Thomas François Boutry 1907–1925 * Norbert Georges Pierre Rousseau 1925–1939 *
Joseph-Marie Martin Joseph-Marie Martin (9 August 1891 – 21 January 1976) was a French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Rouen from 1948 to 1971, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1965. Biography Joseph-Marie-Eugene Martin ...
1940–1948 * Joseph-Marie-Jean-Baptiste Chappe 1949–1960 * Jean-Pierre-Georges Dozolme 1960–1978 * Louis-Pierre-Joseph Cornet 1978–1987 * Henri Marie Raoul Brincard, C.R.S.A 1988–2014 * Lucien Crepy 2015–2021 * Yves Baumgarten 2022–present)


See also

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References


Sources

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


External links

* Centre national des Archives de l'Église de France
''L’Épiscopat francais depuis 1919''
retrieved: 2016-12-24.


Acknowledgment

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Le Puy-en-Velay, Roman Catholic Diocese of
Le Puy-en-Velay Le Puy-en-Velay (, literally ''Le Puy in Velay''; oc, Lo Puèi de Velai ) is the prefecture of the Haute-Loire department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of south-central France. Located near the river Loire, the city is famous for its ca ...
Haute-Loire 1801 disestablishments in France
Le Puy-en-Velay Le Puy-en-Velay (, literally ''Le Puy in Velay''; oc, Lo Puèi de Velai ) is the prefecture of the Haute-Loire department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of south-central France. Located near the river Loire, the city is famous for its ca ...
Le Puy-en-Velay Le Puy-en-Velay (, literally ''Le Puy in Velay''; oc, Lo Puèi de Velai ) is the prefecture of the Haute-Loire department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of south-central France. Located near the river Loire, the city is famous for its ca ...
1823 establishments in France