Rothad of Soissons (died 869) was the
Bishop of Soissons
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Soissons, Laon, and Saint-Quentin (Latin: ''Dioecesis Suessionensis, Laudunensis et Sanquintinensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Soissons, Laon et Saint-Quentin'') is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Ch ...
. In a conflict of authority with
Hincmar of Reims
Hincmar (; ; la, Hincmarus; 806 – 21 December 882), archbishop of Reims, was a Frankish jurist and theologian, as well as the friend, advisor and propagandist of Charles the Bald. He belonged to a noble family of northern Francia.
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, he was deposed as bishop in 862/3, by the
Synod of Soissons
There have been several Catholic Church synods called the Council of Soissons:
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* March 744: Presided over by Saint Boniface. Attended by Hartbert, bishop of Sens. Appointed Abel bishop.
* 13 November 833: Presided over by Ebbo, archbi ...
. The issue was whether Rothad,
suffragan bishop
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In the Anglican Communion, a suffragan bishop is a bishop who is subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop (bishop ordinary) and so is not normally jurisdiction ...
to Hincmar, had the legal right to deprive a priest.
Rothad was restored in 865 by
Pope Nicholas I
Pope Nicholas I ( la, Nicolaus I; c. 800 – 13 November 867), called Nicholas the Great, was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 24 April 858 until his death. He is remembered as a consolidator of papal authority, exerting dec ...
, through the
papal legate
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Arsenius,
Bishop of Orta
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
. The hearing in Rome of his case has been cited as the first judicial use of the
False Decretals
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.
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869 deaths
9th-century French bishops
Bishops of Soissons
Year of birth unknown
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