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Stephen of Tournai, (18 March 1128 - 11 September 1203), was a Canon regular of Sainte-Geneviève (Paris), and 
Roman Catholic
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canonist
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who became bishop of Tournai
The Diocese of Tournai is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Belgium. The diocese was formed in 1146, upon the dissolution of the Diocese of Noyon & Tournai, which had existed since the 7th Century. It is ...
in 1192.
Biography
He was born atOrléans
Orléans (;"Orleans"
(US) and Tournai in September 1203. He entered the Order of the
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(US) and Tournai in September 1203. He entered the Order of the
Canons Regular
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at Saint-Euverte in Orléans about 1150, then studied canon law
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and Roman law
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at Bologna university, returning to his monastery in 1160. He was elected abbot
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of Saint-Euverte in 1167 and of the Abbey of Sainte-Geneviève at Paris
The Abbey of Saint Genevieve (French: ''Abbaye Sainte-Geneviève'') was a monastery in Paris. Reportedly built by Clovis I, Clovis, King of the Franks in 502, it became a centre of religious scholarship in the Middle Ages. It was suppressed at the ...
in 1177. The latter monastery he almost entirely rebuilt, establishing a monastic school in connexion with it.
In 1192 he became Bishop of Tournai
The Diocese of Tournai is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Belgium. The diocese was formed in 1146, upon the dissolution of the Diocese of Noyon & Tournai, which had existed since the 7th Century. It is ...
, but was greatly hampered in the exercise of his episcopal functions by the opposition of the people as well as by the interdict placed on France on account of the divorce proceedings of Philip II Philip II may refer to:
* Philip II of Macedon (382–336 BC)
* Philip II (emperor) (238–249), Roman emperor
* Philip II, Prince of Taranto (1329–1374)
* Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (1342–1404)
* Philip II, Duke of Savoy (1438-1497)
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.
Works
He is the author of a ''Summa in decretum Gratiani'' (1159), which is to a great extent based on the similar works of Paucapalea, Rufinus and Rolandus (occasionally mistaken for Pope Alexander III). It was first edited by Schulte (Stephen of Tournai, ''Die Summa des Stephanus Tornacensis über das Decretum Gratiani'', ed. J.F. von Schulte, Giessen 1891.) His letters, edited by Molinet (Paris, 1679), are printed in '' Patrologia Latina'', CCXI, 309–625.Further reading
*J. Warichez: ''Étienne de Tournai et son temps; 1128-1203'', Paris-Tournai, 1937. *H. Kalb, ''Studien zur Summa Stephans von Tournai. Ein Beitrag zur kanonistischen Wissenschaftsgeschichte des späten 12. Jahrhunderts'', Innsbruck 1983.Sources
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