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Boniface of Brussels (1183 – 19 February 1260) was a
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He became the Bishop of Lausanne in 1231 and was enthroned in his new see in March 1231 after receiving his Reinhold, Gregor. "Lausanne and Geneva." The Catholic Encyclopedia
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In 1245 he attended the
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Catholic
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prelate
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who served as the Bishop of Lausanne
The Bishop of Lausanne (French: ''Évêque de Lausanne'') was a Prince-Bishop of the Holy Roman Empire (since 1011) and the Ordinary of the diocese of Lausanne, Switzerland (Latin: ''Dioecesis Lausannensis'').
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from circa 1231 until 1239 when he resigned after agents of Holy Roman Emperor
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Frederick II assaulted him. His relics are housed at the Kapellekerk
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, and at La Cambre
L'École nationale supérieure des arts visuels de La Cambre (ENSAV), more known as La Cambre, is a renowned visual arts school founded by Henry van de Velde in Brussels in 1926.
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where he died.
Biography
Boniface was born in what is todayBelgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
in 1183. A Cistercian monk of the Abbey of Cambre, near Brussels, he left in 1200 left to study at University of Paris
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.Monks of Ramsgate. "Boniface of Laus". ''Book of Saints'', 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 5 September 2012/ref> Distinguished for his learning, he taught dogma and became a popular lecturer. He was
ordained
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to the priesthood while in France
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and from 1222 until 1229 taught at the college. But there soon became a bitter dispute between the teachers and students which prompted him to leave and find work elsewhere. He later taught until 1231 in Cologne
Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...
at the cathedral school.
He became the Bishop of Lausanne in 1231 and was enthroned in his new see in March 1231 after receiving his episcopal consecration
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. He was enthusiastic about this appointment but was faced with corrupt priests which he condemned in a pulpit
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address while also singling out King Frederick II. The king sent his agents to attack Boniface who sustained serious injuries but managed to escape. In 1239, he travelled to Rome
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and secured permission from a reluctant Pope Gregory IX
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to resign. He later served as an auxiliary bishop in Brabant.Vol. 9. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 26 September 2021
First Council of Lyon
The First Council of Lyon (Lyon I) was the thirteenth ecumenical council, as numbered by the Catholic Church, taking place in 1245.
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which Pope Innocent IV
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Fieschi was born in Genoa and studied at the universitie ...
had convoked, and later retired to La Cambre Abbey
La Cambre Abbey (french: Abbaye de La Cambre, ) or Ter Kameren Abbey ( nl, Abdij Ter Kameren) is a former Cistercian abbey in the City of Brussels, Belgium. It is located in the Maelbeek valley between the Bois de la Cambre/Ter Kamerenbos an ...
. Boniface died in 1265.
See also
*List of Catholic saints
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References
External links
* *Santi e Beati
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