Eudes de Lorris, de Lory or de Lorry (died 8 August 1274) was
Bishop of Bayeux
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bayeux and Lisieux (Latin: ''Dioecesis Baiocensis et Lexoviensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Bayeux et Lisieux'') is a diocese of the Catholic Church in France. It is coextensive with the Department of Calvados and is ...
in France from 1263 to his death.
Biography
Eudes was born in
Lorris in the present department of
Loiret and the ancient province of the
Orléanais
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. He was chaplain to
Saint Louis (Louis IX of France) and a
canon of
Bayeux Cathedral
Bayeux Cathedral, also known as Cathedral of Our Lady of Bayeux ( French: ''Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Bayeux''), is a Roman Catholic church located in the town of Bayeux in Normandy, France. A national monument, it is the seat of the Bishop of B ...
when the
chapter elected him bishop, but a few dissident canons voted instead for Adinolfo of Anagni, nephew and chaplain to
Pope Gregory IX and dean of the cathedral. The contested election was submitted to
Pope Alexander IV (died 1261), who decided in favour of Eudes; the election was confirmed by Alexander's successor,
Urban IV
Pope Urban IV ( la, Urbanus IV; c. 1195 – 2 October 1264), born Jacques Pantaléon, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 29 August 1261 to his death. He was not a cardinal; only a few popes since his time hav ...
on 9 May 1263. He was consecrated at
Rouen
Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine in northern France. It is the prefecture of the Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one of ...
in July of the same year by
Archbishop Eudes Rigaud.
In 1268, in the church of Saint-Victor in Paris, Eudes conducted the funeral of Renaud Mignon de Corbeil,
bishop of Paris
The Archdiocese of Paris (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Parisiensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Paris'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. It is one of twenty-three archdioceses in France ...
. In 1270, he gave the monks of the priory of
Saint-Fromond
Saint-Fromond () is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.
Heraldry
See also
*Communes of the Manche department
The following is a list of the 446 communes of the Manche department of France.
The communes c ...
a third of the mill at "Harel".
He attended the
Second Council of Lyon
:''The First Council of Lyon, the Thirteenth Ecumenical Council, took place in 1245.''
The Second Council of Lyon was the fourteenth ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church, convoked on 31 March 1272 and convened in Lyon, Kingdom of Arl ...
in 1274, where he died on 8 August.
[Anne-Marie Flambard Héricher et Véronique Gazeau (preface by Roger Jouet and François Neveux): ''1204: La Normandie entre Plantagenêts et Capétiens'', Caen, Publications du CRAHM, 2008, p. 382]
References
Bishops of Bayeux
Year of birth unknown
13th-century births
1274 deaths
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