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Renaud du Bellay was the treasurer of
Tours Cathedral
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and
Archbishop of Reims
The Archdiocese of Reims (traditionally spelt "Rheims" in English) ( la, Archidiœcesis Remensis; French: ''Archidiocèse de Reims'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastic territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. Erected as a diocese ...
from AD 1083 to 1096.
He succeeded
Manasses I after a vacancy of around three years.
He presided over the
Council of Soissons in 1092–93 which declared
Roscellin
Roscelin of Compiègne (), better known by his Latinized name Roscellinus Compendiensis or Rucelinus, was a French philosopher and theologian, often regarded as the founder of nominalism.
Biography
Roscellinus was born in Compiègne, France. Litt ...
's
nominalism
In metaphysics, nominalism is the view that universals and abstract objects do not actually exist other than being merely names or labels. There are at least two main versions of nominalism. One version denies the existence of universalsthings t ...
heretical. The acts of the council have not survived but it is known from contemporary correspondence, as with
Anselm, the
archbishop
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of
Canterbury
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.
See also
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Catholic Church in France
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References
Citations
Bibliography
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Further reading
* ''Nouvelle Biographie Générale''. Vol 33 Mal-Mar. Paris, 1859.
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11th-century births
Archbishops of Reims
11th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in France
Year of death unknown