The Roman Catholic Diocese of Soissons, Laon, and Saint-Quentin (
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: ''Dioecesis Suessionensis, Laudunensis et Sanquintinensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Soissons, Laon et Saint-Quentin'') is a
diocese
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, pro ...
of the
Latin Rite
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of the
Roman Catholic Church
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in
France
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. The diocese is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Reims and corresponds, with the exception of two hamlets, to the entire
Department of Aisne
Aisne ( , ; ; pcd, Ainne) is a French departments of France, department in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. It is named after the river Aisne (river), Aisne. In 2019, it had a population of 531,345.St. Sixtus and St. Sinicius the earliest apostles of Soissons as envoys of St. Peter. In the 280's the Caesar Maximian, the subordinate of the Emperor Diocletian, and his Praetorian Prefect Riccius Varus campaigned in northeast Gaul and subdued the Bagaudae, an event accompanied by much slaughter. There were also executions of Christians from Trier to Reims. St. Crepinus and St. Crepinianus, martyrs (c. 288), are patrons of the diocese. According to Louis Duchesne, the establishment of a see at Soissons dates from about 300.
Soissons played an important political role in the early history of the
Merovingians
The Merovingian dynasty () was the ruling family of the Franks from the middle of the 5th century until 751. They first appear as "Kings of the Franks" in the Roman army of northern Gaul. By 509 they had united all the Franks and northern Gauli ...
. It was the capital of the
Kingdom of Soissons
The Kingdom or Domain of Soissons was a rump state of the Western Roman Empire in northern Gaul, between the Somme and the Seine, that lasted for some 25 years during Late Antiquity. The rulers of the rump state, notably its final ruler Syagrius, ...
, a remnant of the Roman Empire in northern Gaul, and remained one of the chief cities under King Clovis I. Subsequently, Soissons twice became the capital of one of the four kingdoms into which the Frankish kingdom was divided in 511 (under Chlothar I) and 561 (und Chilperic I, respectively.
The Bishop of Soissons was a senior suffragan of Reims with the privilege of replacing the archbishop at the ceremony of anointing a King of France, should the see of Reims be vacant. The
Bishop of Laon
The diocese of Laon in the present-day département of Aisne, was a Catholic diocese for around 1300 years, up to the French Revolution. Its seat was in Laon, France, with the Laon Cathedral. From early in the 13th century, the bishop of Laon ...
ranked as Duke and peer from the twelfth century. As second ecclesiastical peer, he had the privilege of holding the
ampulla
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during the anointing of the king.
The diocese if Soisson was re-established by the
Concordat of 1802
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as suffragan of
Paris
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, but in 1821 it became suffragan of Reims. After an attempts to re-establish the See of Laon failed with the unexecuted
Concordat of 11 June 1817
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Pope Leo XII
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(13 June 1828) to join the title of Laon to that of his own see.
Pope Leo XIII
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(11 June 1901) further authorized it to use the title of St-Quentin, which was formerly the residence of the
bishop of Noyon
The former French Catholic diocese of Noyon lay in the north-east of France, around Noyon. It was formed when Saint Medardus moved the seat of the bishopric at Vermandois to Noyon, in the sixth century. For four centuries it was united with the ...
.
The diocese consists of
*all the ancient Diocese of Soissons, except the civil district of
Compiègne
Compiègne (; pcd, Compiène) is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. It is located on the river Oise. Its inhabitants are called ''Compiégnois''.
Administration
Compiègne is the seat of two cantons:
* Compiègne-1 (with 19 ...
, which went to the
Diocese of Beauvais
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*all of the
Diocese of Laon
The diocese of Laon in the present-day département of Aisne, was a Catholic diocese for around 1300 years, up to the French Revolution. Its seat was in Laon, France, with the Laon Cathedral. From early in the 13th century, the bishop of Laon ...
, except two parishes, which went to Reims
*that portion of
Vermandois
Vermandois was a French county that appeared in the Merovingian period. Its name derives from that of an ancient tribe, the Viromandui. In the 10th century, it was organised around two castellan domains: St Quentin (Aisne) and Péronne (Somme ...
which formerly belonged to the
Diocese of Noyon
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*a few parishes which formerly belonged to Cambrai,
Meaux
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,
Troyes
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, Reims.
See of Laon
Bishops of Soissons
To 1000
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Sixtus of Reims
Saint Sixtus of Reims (french: Sixte de Reims) (died c. 300) is considered the first bishop of Reims.Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, Stephen Bunson, ''Our Sunday Visitor's encyclopedia of saints'' (Our Sunday Visitor Publishing, 2003), 762. Accor ...
* St Sinicus (ca. 300 – 310)
* St. Divitianus (ca. 310 – 320)
*Rufinus
*Filienus
*Mercurius (ca. 347)
*
Onesimus
Onesimus ( grc-gre, Ὀνήσιμος, Onēsimos, meaning "useful"; died , according to Catholic tradition), also called Onesimus of Byzantium and The Holy Apostle Onesimus in the Eastern Orthodox Church, was probably a slave to Philemon of Colo ...
(c. 350–361)
*Vincent
*Luberan
*Onesimus II.
*Edibius (c. 431-62); St Edibus (c. 451)
*Principius (462–505), brother of St. Remy of Reims.
*Lupus (505–35);
*Baldarinus (Baudry) (535 – 545)
*Anectarius († 573)
*Thibaut I.
*Droctigisilus († c. 589)
*Tondulphus
*Landulphus
*St. Ansericus or Anscher (623–52); St Ansery († c. 652)
*Bettolenus
*St. Drausinus (657–676),
*Warembert
*St. Adolbertus (677–85); St Adalbert
*S. Gaudinus (685–707),
*Macarius
*Galcoin
*Gobald
*Hubert (Gerarbert)
*Maldabert
*Deodatus I.
*Hildegodus (Hildegondus (c. 765)
*Rothadus (814–831)
* Rothadus (832–869)
* ngelmond (863-864)
*Hildebold (Hildebaud) (870–884)
*Riculfus (Riculf) (884–902)
*Rodoin († c. 909)
* Abbo ( Chancellor of France 922–931, † 937)
*Guido of Anjou († 973)
*Guido of Amiens († 995)
Hugues de Champfleury Hugues may refer to
People:
* Hugues de Payens (c. 1070–1136), French soldier
* Hugues I de Lusignan (1194/95 –1218), French-descended ruler a.k.a. Hugh I of Cyprus
* Hugues IV de Berzé (1150s–1220), French soldier
* Hugues II de Lusignan ...
(1159–75), chancellor of Louis VII of France; Chancellor_of_France_1150–1172)
*Nivelon_de_Chérizy.html" ;"title="1158–1175) ( Chancellor of France 1150–1172)
*Nivelon de Chérizy">1158–1175) ( Chancellor of France 1150–1172)
*Nivelon de Chérizy (1175–1207)
*Aymard de Provins (July 1208 – 20 May 1219)
*Jacques de Bazoches (July 1219 – 8 July 1242)
*Raoul de Couduno (by 1244 – 6 December 1245)
*Gui de Château Porcein (1245 – 1250)
*Nivelon de Bazoches (1252 – 10 February 1262)
*Milon de Bazoches (1262 – 24 September 1290)
*Gérard de Montcornet (23 March 1292 – 1 September 1296)
*Guy de La Charité (30 July 1296 – 8 July 1313)
*Gérard de Courtonne (27 August 1313 – 27 October 1331)
*Pierre de Chappes (13 November 1331 – September 1349)
*Guillaume Bertrand de Colombier (31 October 1349 – 15 May 1362)
*Simon de Bucy (10 June 1362 – 14 October 1404)
*Victor de Camerin (20 October 1404 – 13 January 1414)
*Nicolas Graibert (11 February 1414 – November 1442)
*Renaud de Fontaines (8 January 1423 – 1442)
*Jean Milet (15 February 1443 – 1 April 1503)
1500–1790
*Claude de Louvain (24 April 1503 – 18 August 1514)
*Foucault de Bonneval (1514–1519)
*Symphorien de Bullioud (1519–1532)
*Mathieu de Longuejoue (1533–1557)
*Charles de Roucy (1557 – 1585)
* Jérôme Hennequin (1585 – 1619)
* Charles de Hacqueville (1619 – 1623)
*Simon Legras (1623 – 1656)
* Charles de Bourlon (28 October 1656 – 26 October 1685)
*
Pierre Daniel Huet
P. D. Huetius
Pierre Daniel Huet (; la, Huetius; 8 February 1630 – 26 January 1721) was a French churchman and scholar, editor of the Delphin Classics, founder of the Académie de Physique in Caen (1662-1672) and Bishop of Soissons from 1685 t ...
Jean-Joseph Languet de Gergy
Jean-Joseph Languet de Gergy (; 25 August 1677 – 11 May 1753) was a French ecclesiastic and theologian. He was first bishop of Soissons, then a member of the '' Académie française'', and finally archbishop of Sens.
Biography
Son of the pub ...
François de Fitz-James
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People with the given name
* Francis I of France, King of France (), known as "the Father and Restorer of Letters"
* Francis II of France, King o ...
(1739 – 1764)
*Henri Joseph Claude de Bourdeille (17 December 1764 – 1801)
From 1800
*Jean-Claude Le Blanc de Beaulieu (1802 – 1820)
*Guillaume Aubin de Villèle (28 August 1820 – 1824)
*Jules François de Simony (1824–1847, † 1849)
*Paul-Armand de Cardon de Garsignies (1847–1860)
*Jean-Joseph Christophe (1860–1863)
*Jean Dours (1863–1876, † 1877)
*Odon Thibaudier (1876–1889) (later
Bishop of Cambrai
The Archdiocese of Cambrai ( la, Archdiocesis Cameracensis; French: ''Archidiocèse de Cambrai'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France, comprising the arrondissements of Avesnes-sur-Help ...
1889, † 1892)
*Jean-Baptiste Théodore Duval (1889–1897)
*Augustin Victor Deramecourt (1898–1906)
*Pierre Louis Péchenard (1906–1920)
* Charles-Henri-Joseph Binet (1920–1927) (later Archbishop of Besançon 1927, † 1936)
*Ernest Victor Mennechet, 1928–1946
*
Pierre Auguste Marie Joseph Douillard
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Hervé Jean Robert Giraud
Hervé Jean Robert Giraud (born 26 February 1957) is a French Catholic prelate currently serving as the archbishop of Sens-Auxerre.
Early life
He was born on 26 February 1957 in Tournon-sur-Rhône, Ardèche, ordained priest on 24 September 1 ...
Abbey of St-Médard
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The conc ...
at Soissons, founded in 557 by
Clotaire I
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Chlothar's father, Clovis I, divided the kingd ...
to receive the body of St. Médard, was looked upon as the chief
Benedictine
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abbey in France; it held more than two hundred and twenty fiefs. Hilduin, abbot (822–30), in 826 obtained from
Pope Eugene II
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St. Remi
Remigius (french: Remi or ; – January 13, 533), was the Bishop of Reims and "Apostle of the Franks". On 25 December 496, he baptised Clovis I, King of the Franks. The baptism, leading to about 3000 additional converts, was an important event ...
to be transferred to the abbey; he rebuilt the church which was consecrated 27 August 841, in the presence of
Charles the Bald
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and seventy-two prelates. The king bore the body of St. Médard into the new basilica. In 853 Charles the Bald presided over the Council of Soissons at Saint-Medard, in the company of fifty-one bishops. Bishop Rothadus of Soissons was deposed, due to the malevolence of Archbishop Hincmar of Reims, but restored on orders of Pope Nicholas I.Fisquet, pp. 150-154.
The church was pulled down but rebuilt and reconsecrated in 1131 by
Pope Innocent II
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, who granted those visiting the church indulgences known as "St. Médard's pardons". In this abbey
Louis the Pious
Louis the Pious (german: Ludwig der Fromme; french: Louis le Pieux; 16 April 778 – 20 June 840), also called the Fair, and the Debonaire, was King of the Franks and co-emperor with his father, Charlemagne, from 813. He was also King of Aqui ...
was imprisoned in 833, and there he underwent a public penance. Among the abbots of St. Médard's are: St. Arnoul, who in 1081 became Bishop of Soissons; St. Gerard (close of the eleventh century); Cardinal de Bernis, made commendatory abbot of St. Médard in 1756.
The Benedictine Abbey of Note Dame de Soissons was founded in 660 by Ebroin and his wife Leutrude. The Cistercian abbey of
Longpont
Longpont () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. It is around 13 km southwest of Soissons, and around 75 km northeast of Paris. As at 2018 it has a population of 255. The former Longpont Abbe ...
, founded in 1131, counted among its monks the theologian Pierre Cantor, who died in 1197, and Blessed John de Montmirail (1167–1217), who abandoned the court of Phillipe-Auguste in order to become a monk.
The abbey of St. Vincent at Laon was founded in 580 by Queen Brunehaut. Among its earlier monks were: St. Gobain, who, through love of solitude, retired to a desert place near Oise and was slain there; St. Chagnoaldus, afterward Bishop of Laon, who wished to die in his monastery; St. Humbert, first abbot of Maroilles in Hainaut. The abbey adopted the rule of St. Benedict. It was reformed in 961 by Blessed Malcaleine, a Scotchman, abbot of St. Michael at Thierache, and in 1643 by the Benedictines of St. Maur. Among the abbots of St. Vincent were: St. Gerard (close of the eleventh century), who wrote the history of St. Adelard, abbot of Corde; Jean de Nouelles (d. 1396), who wrote a history of the world, and began the cartulary of his monastery. The Abbey of St. John at Laon was founded in 650 by St. Salaberga, who built seven churches there; she was its first abbess; St. Austruda (d. 688) succeeded her. In 1128 the abbey became a Benedictine monastery. The Abbey of Nogent sous Coucy was founded in 1076 by Albéric, Lord of Coucy. Among its abbots were St. Geoffroy (end of the eleventh century) and the historian Guibert de Nogent, who died in 1112 and whose autobiography, "De Vita Sua" is one of the most interesting documents of the century. Under the title "Gesta Dei per Francos" he wrote an account of the First Crusade.
The Abbey of Cuissy in the Diocese of Laon was founded in 1116 by Blessed Lucas de Roucy, dean of Laon, and followed the rule of
Premonstratensians
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. In the Diocese of Soissons, the Premonstratensians had the abbeys: Chartreuve, Valsery,
Saint-Yved de Braine
Saint-Yved is a church in Braine, Aisne in which the Counts of Dreux are buried. It was dedicated to Saint Yved, whose relics were brought to Braine (Braisne) in the ninth century. Originally a chapter of secular canons, the Braine Abbey was given ...
, Villers Cotterets, Val Secret, Vauchrétien, Lieurestauré.
The portion of the ancient
Diocese of Noyon
The former French Catholic diocese of Noyon lay in the north-east of France, around Noyon. It was formed when Saint Medardus moved the seat of the bishopric at Vermandois to Noyon, in the sixth century. For four centuries it was united with the ...
within the jurisdiction of the present Diocese of Soissons includes the town, St-Quentin (Augusta Vermanduorum) where St-Quentin was martyred under Diocletian. It was the chief town of a diocese until 532, when St. Médard, the titular, removed the see to Noyon. Abbott Fulrade built the Church of St-Quentin in the eighth century and Pope Stephan II blessed it (816). From the time of Charles Martel until 771, and again from 844 the abbots of St-Quentin were laymen and counts of Vermandois. The abbey church became the Saint-Quentin Basilica, built from the 12th to 15th centuries. During the Middle Ages a distinct type of religious architecture sprang up in Soissons; Eugéne Lefèvre Pontalis has recently brought out a work dealing with its artistic affiliations. After investigation Canon Bauxin concludes that the cathedral of Laon, as it exists, is not the one consecrated in 1114 and visited by Innocent II in 1132; that was the restored ancient Romanesque building; the present one was built 1150–1225. Louyis d'Outremer (936), Robert the Pious (996), and
Philip I Philip(p) I may refer to:
* Philip I of Macedon (7th century BC)
* Philip I Philadelphus (between 124 and 109 BC–83 or 75 BC)
* Philip the Arab (c. 204–249), Roman Emperor
* Philip I of France (1052–1108)
* Philip I (archbishop of Cologne) (1 ...
(1059) were anointed in Notre Dame de Laon; in the twelfth century Hermann, Abbot of St. Martin's of Tournai, wrote a volume on the miracles of Notre Dame of Laon. The Hôtel-Dieu of Laon, once known as Hôtellerie Notre Dame, was founded in 1019 by the Laon chapter. The Hôtel-Dieu of Château Thierry was founded in 1304 by Jeanne, wife of Philip the Fair.
Saints
The following are honoured as connected with the religious history of the diocese: St. Marculfus, Abbot of
Nanteuil
Nanteuil () is a commune of the Deux-Sèvres department in western France.
See also
* Communes of the Deux-Sèvres department
The following is a list of the 256 communes of the Deux-Sèvres department of France.
The communes cooperate in th ...
(sixth century) in the
Diocese of Coutances
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Coutances (–Avranches) (Latin: ''Dioecesis Constantiensis (–Abrincensis)''; French: ''Diocèse de Coutances (–Avranches)'') is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in France. Its mother church is the Cathed ...
, whose relics, transferred to
Corbeny
Corbeny (; in the Middle Ages: Corbunei) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
The river Ailette flows south through the northwestern part of the commune.
Population
See also
* Communes of ...
in the
Diocese of Laon
The diocese of Laon in the present-day département of Aisne, was a Catholic diocese for around 1300 years, up to the French Revolution. Its seat was in Laon, France, with the Laon Cathedral. From early in the 13th century, the bishop of Laon ...
, were visited by the kings of France who, after their anointing at Reims, were wont to go to the tomb of St. Marculfus to cure the king's evil.
Among the natives of the diocese may be mentioned:
Petrus Ramus
Petrus Ramus (french: Pierre de La Ramée; Anglicized as Peter Ramus ; 1515 – 26 August 1572) was a French humanist, logician, and educational reformer. A Protestant convert, he was a victim of the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre.
Early life
...
(1515–72),
Jean Racine
Jean-Baptiste Racine ( , ) (; 22 December 163921 April 1699) was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille as well as an important literary figure in the Western traditi ...
(1639–99),
La Fontaine
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(1621–95), Dom
Luc d'Achery
Luc d'Achery (1609 – 29 April 1685) was a learned French Benedictine of the Congregation of St. Maur, a specialist in the study and publication of medieval manuscripts.
Life
D'Achery was born at Saint Quentin in Picardy. He entered the Or ...
(1609–1685),
Charlevoix
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(1683–1761),
Camille Desmoulins
Lucie-Simplice-Camille-Benoît Desmoulins (; 2 March 17605 April 1794) was a French journalist and politician who played an important role in the French Revolution. Desmoulins was tried and executed alongside Georges Danton when the Committee ...
(1760–1794).
Before the application of the Congregations Law (1901), there were in the Diocese of Soissons
Jesuits
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,
Trinitarians
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, and several teaching congregations of brothers. Some congregations of women had their origin in the diocese: the Nursing and Teaching Sisters of the Child Jesus, with mother-house at Soissons, founded in 1714 by the Madame Brulard de Genlis; the Sisters of Notre Dame de Bon Secours, a nursing and teaching order, founded in 1806, with mother-house at Charly; Sisters of Notre Dame, nursing and teaching order, with mother-house at Saint-Erme, founded in 1820 by the Abbé Chrétien; the Franciscan
sisters
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of the Sacred Heart, a nursing order, founded in 1867, with mother-house at St-Quentin; the Servants of the Heart of Jesus, of whom there are two branches, the "Marys" who lead a contemplative life, and the "Marthas" who nurse the sick; they were founded at Strasburg in 1867, and brought to St-Quentin after the war of 1870–1.
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Soissons
Soissons () is a commune in the northern French department of Aisne, in the region of Hauts-de-France. Located on the river Aisne, about northeast of Paris, it is one of the most ancient towns of France, and is probably the ancient capital ...