Hugh of Die ( 1040 – October 7, 1106) was a French

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Biography

Hugh was prior of the monastery of Saint-Marcel in

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. On October 19, 1073, he became

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and on March 9, 1074 received his episcopal consecration in

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from the hands of Pope Gregory VII. Hugh was transferred to the metropolitan office of Archbishop of Lyon from 1081 to 1106 and was a strong supporter of the Gregorian reform and a

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. In 1077, Hugh convened a synod at Autun. From this council numerous bishops and archbishops were removed or suspended from office, notably Manasses, archbishop of Reims, who was suspended for simony. Hugh was

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on August 29, 1087 at the Council of Benevento, for his criticisms of Pope Victor III's election. Victor's successor

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revoked the provision and reinstated him in his offices, make him legate again in 1094. Hugh presided over a synod in

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that issued measures against nicolaism, simony and Philip I of France's bigamous marriage. Consequently, Hugh excommunicated Philip for having married

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. By the summer of 1100 Hugh had convened a synod at Anse, consisting of four archbishops and nine bishops, that circulated Pope Paschal II's crusading decree. With papal permission, he joined the Crusade of 1101 in return for an appointment as legate of Asia, while extracting a subsidy from his clergy. Hugh reached Jerusalem, without traveling with any of the large crusading armies.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hugh of Die Bishops of Die Archbishops of Lyon Christians of the First Crusade 11th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in France People temporarily excommunicated by the Catholic Church People from Romans-sur-Isère 1040s births 1106 deaths