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Ancient Diocese of Dol

The Breton and French Catholicdiocese of Dol,situated in the northern part of the department of Ille-et-Vilaine, 6 km (3.8 mi) from theEnglish Channelcoast and 22 km (14 mi) southeast ofSaint-Malo,existed from 848 until theFrench Revolution.It was suppressed by theConcordat of 1801.[1]

Cathedral of S. Samson, Dol

The seat of the bishop wasthe cathedral of Saint Samson.Its scattered territory (deriving from the holdings of the Celtic monastery, and including an enclave at the mouth of the Seine) was shared mainly by theDiocese of Rennesand theDiocese of Saint-Brieuc.

History

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TheLife of St. Samson,[2]which cannot be of earlier date than the seventh century, mentions the foundation of themonastery of DolbySamson of Dol.Georges Goyau speculates that Samson was most likely already a bishop when he arrived inArmoricafrom Great Britain, but finds no evidence in theLifethat Samson founded the See of Dol or became its first bishop.[3]

In the twelfth century, to support its claim against theMetropolitan of Tours,the Church of Dol produced the names of a long list of archbishops: St. Samson,St. Magloire,St. Budoc,St. Génevée,St. Restoald,St. Armel,St. Jumael,St. Turian.Louis Duchesnediscounted and doubted this list. He was of the opinion that the abbey of Dol may have had at its head from time to time abbots with episcopal jurisdiction, but that Dol was not the seat of a diocese.[4][3]

UnderCharlemagneandLouis the Pious,the Vicariate of Dol and themonastery of St. Méenwere still included in theDiocese of Aleth;so that the first Bishop of Dol wasFestianus(Festgen) mentioned for the first time between 851 and 857, and installed by KingNomenoë.

Among the bishops of Dol are:[3]

  • Baldric of Dol(1107–30), author of a Latin poem on the conquest of England by William the Conqueror, theHistoria Hierosolymitana,123 poems, lives of several persons, and other works.[5]When still Abbot of Borgueil, Baldric was accused ofsimonyby BishopIvo of Chartres,for having attempted to bribe his way into the bishopric of Orleans in 1096. He held a diocesan synod in 1128, attended by a papal legate, Gerard Bishop of Angoulême.[6]
  • Alain de Coëtivy(1456–74) had been Bishop of Avignon since 30 October 1437, and a cardinal since 20 December 1448. He was named bishop of Dol on 18 June 1456 byPope Calixtus III[7]Since he would not personally take up episcopal functions in Dol, he had Bishop Ambroise de Cameraco of Alet appointed his coadjutor.[8]He was sent as legate of Pope Callistus to France, to persuade KingCharles VII of Franceto participate in a crusade to assist the Greeks against the Turks who had seized Constantinople.[3]

Metropolitans

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There was a struggle from the ninth to the eleventh century to free the Church of Brittany from the Metropolitan of Tours. From a comparison made by Duchesne between theLife of St.Conwoïon,theIndiculus de episcoporum Britonum depositione,and an almost completely restored letter ofPope Leo IV,it would appear that shortly before 850, Nomenoë wishing to be anointed king, and finding opposition among the prelates of Brittany, sought to get rid of them by charging them withsimony.[9]Their only real fault was perhaps that they demanded eulogia from their priests when the latter came to synods. After listening to a deputation of Breton bishops and to St. Conwoïon, founder of theAbbey of St-SauveuratRedon,who had been sent to Rome by Nomenoë, Leo IV declared that the charge of simony must be adjudicated by a competent tribunal of twelve bishops, and must be attested by seventy-two witnesses,[10]thereby disputing Nomenoë's claim to a right to depose bishops. But Nomenoë did depose, and in a brutal manner, the four bishops of Vannes, Aleth, Quimper, and St. Pol de Léon, and made seven dioceses out of their four.[11]One of the new dioceses had its seat in the abbey of Dol and became straightway anarchdiocese.The other two dioceses were established in the monasteries of St. Brieuc and Tréguier (Pabu-Tutual).[3]

In Autumn 849, the bishops of the four provinces of Tours, Sens, Reims, and Rouen, wrote a letter of reprimand to Nomenoë and threatened him with excommunication.[12]He paid no heed to them, and died 7 March 851.

Salomon,Nomenoë's second successor, requestedPope Benedict IVto regularize the situation of the Breton hierarchy, but was unsuccessful. He tried again in 865 withPope Nicholas I,who replied on 26 May 865 that he would not send thepalliumto Bishop Festinianus of Dol, unless he could prove that it had been granted to his predecessors.[13]In the name of theCouncil of Savonnières(859)[14]the seven metropolitans of the three kingdoms ofCharles the Bald,ofLothair II,and ofCharles of Provence,wrote to theBishop of Rennesand to the bishops occupying the new Sees of Dol, St. Brieuc, and Tréguier, reproaching them with lack of obedience to the Metropolitan of Tours.[15]This letter was not sent to the Bishops of Vannes, Quimper, Aleth, and St. Pol de Léon who wrongly occupied the sees of the legitimate bishops illegally deposed by Nomenoë. It achieved nothing.[3]

In 862 Salomon dealt directly withPope Nicholas I,and at first tried to mislead the pope by means of false allegations and forgeries; then he restored Felix of Quimper and Liberalis of Léon to their sees, but still kept Susannus of Vannes and Salocon of Aleth in exile. Nicholas I died in 867.Pope Adrian II(867-72) andPope John VIII(872-82) continued to uphold the rights of the Metropolitan of Tours. Following the deaths of Salomon and of Susannus, a conciliatory atmosphere developed.[3]

12th century struggle

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There was never a formal act on the part of the Holy See recognizing Dol as a new metropolitan church. Dol never had control over Rennes or Nantes, and it was mainly over the new Sees of St. Brieuc and Tréguier that it exercised ascendancy, if not canonical authority. On 15 May 1144,Pope Lucius IIissued yet another bull, "Quae iudicii veritate," in which he repeated the rulings of his predecessors Nicholas, John, Leo IX, Gregory VII, and Urban II, that Dol and all the other dioceses of Brittany must recognize Tours as their metropolitan. After the death of Bishop Roland of Dol, no bishop of Dol should aspire to the use of thepallium.[16]Pope Lucius was generous to Bishop Gaufridus, the current bishop of Dol, however, ruling that he could keep thepallium,but that none of his successors should have it. On the same day, Lucius II issued an order to the bishops of Saint-Brieuc and Tréguier, releasing them from any obedience to the bishop of Dol, and ordering their obedience to the metropolitan of Tours.[17]On 3 March 1154,Pope Anastasius IVmade the same ruling in favor of the metropolitan of Tours.[18]

Finally in a bull of 1 June 1199,[19]Pope Innocent IIIrestored the old order of things, and subordinated anew all the dioceses of Brittany to the metropolitan of Tours;[20]he did not, however, interfere with the diocesan boundaries set up by Nomenoë, which remained in force until the Revolution.[21]The Bishop of Dol retained until 1789 the title and insignia of an archbishop, but without an archbishop's privileges or an ecclesiastical province.[3]

Concordat of Bologna

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In 1516, following the papal loss of theBattle of Marignano,Pope Leo Xsigned aconcordatwith KingFrancis I of France,removing the rights of all French entities which held the right to elect to a benefice, including bishoprics, canonicates, and abbeys, and granting the kings of France the right to nominate candidates to all these benefices, provided they be suitable persons; each nominee was subject to confirmation by the pope. This concordat removed the right of cathedral chapters to elect their bishop, or even to request the pope to name a bishop. TheConcordat of Bolognawas strongly protested by the University of Paris and by the Parliament of Paris.[22]The agreement was put to the test at Dol in 1522, following the deaths of Pope Leo X on 1 December 1521, and of Archbishop Geoffrey de Coetmoisan on 10 (or 24) December 1521.[23]

The new pope,Adrian VI,was in Spain, acting as Regent for the Emperor Charles V and Grand Inquisitor, when he was elected on 9 January 1522. He did not arrive in Rome until August, where he was confronted by a raging pestilence, which kept papal business to a minimum until Spring 1523.[24]In the consistory of 29 June 1523, he appointed Thomas le Roy to the vacant see of Dol.[25]Thomas was a native of Messe (diocese of Rennes), and held the degree ofDoctor in utroque iure;he was named archdeacon of Ploughastel (diocese of Treguier) and master of requests in the council of Brittany. He was sent by QueenAnne of Franceto Rome on royal business, wherePope Julius IIandPope Leo Xmade him a cleric of the Apostolic Chamber (Treasury), secretary of briefs, and president of apostolic letters. He was papal procurator at theFifth Lateran Council(1512-1517). In May 1522, he received a patent of nobility from King Francis, but when the king heard about his appointment to Dol without having received the royal nomination, he refused to accept the appointment and archbishop-elect Thomas never entered the diocese. He was still in Rome on 27 July 1524, whenPope Clement VIIwrote to the king, saying that he could not confirm the royal nomination of François de Laval, since Adrian VI had appointed Thomas Regis (le Roy). Thomas died shortly thereafter, never having been consecrated a bishop.[26]

In the consistory of 26 August 1524, Pope Clement VII appointed Joannes Staphileo[27]as archbishop of Dol, but Joannes did not receive possession of the diocese, and his bulls were not sent. He died on 22 July 1528.[28]On 23 November 1524,sede vacante,the canons of the cathedral of Dol appointed a procurator to the Estates of Brittany.[29]Following the death of Stephileo, in the consistory of 6 November 1528, Pope Clement appointed King Francis' nominee, François de Laval, to the post of archbishop of Dol, despite his youth and illegitimacy. He was consecrated a bishop on 10 December 1530.[30]

Seminary

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The diocesan major seminary was established by Archbishop Jean-François de Chamillart (1692–1702) in 1701. It was abolished by the National Constituent Assembly in 1790, and its property seized and sold "for the benefit of the people." The buildings survived, however, and became a hospital, staffed after the restoration, by the Dames de Saint-Thomas-de-Villeneuve.[31]

French Revolution

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Formed from theNational Assemblyon 9 July 1789 during the first stages of theFrench Revolution,theNational Constituent Assemblyordered the replacement of political subdivisions of theancien régimewith subdivisions called"departments",to be characterized by a single administrative city in the center of a compact area. The decree was passed on 22 December 1789, the boundaries fixed on 26 February 1790, with the institution to be effective on 4 March 1790.[32]The territory of Dol was assigned to the Departement d' Ille-et-Vilaine, with its administrative center at Rennes. The National Constituent Assembly then, on 6 February 1790, instructed its ecclesiastical committee to prepare a plan for the reorganization of the clergy. At the end of May, its work was presented as a draftCivil Constitution of the Clergy,which, after vigorous debate, was approved on 12 July 1790. There was to be one diocese in each department,[33]requiring the suppression of approximately fifty dioceses.[34]The diocese of Dol was an obvious target, given the relatively small population,[35]its scattered territories, and its strongly royalist stance. The suppression of ecclesiastical dioceses by the state was uncanonical.[36]

In 1801, whenPope Pius VIIrestored the hierarchy in France, the diocese of Dol was not restored.[37]Its scattered territories were distributed among the dioceses of Rennes and other dioceses.[38]

Modern survival

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By a papal brief ofPope Leo XIII,dated 13 February 1880, the archbishops of Rennes were permitted to add to their title the titles of Dol and Saint-Malo.[39]

Bishops

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To 1000

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  • 548?:Samson of Dol
  • c. 567?:Magloire
  • c. 568?:Budoc
  • Geneve
  • End of the 6th century.: Leucher or Leucherus
  • 7th century.: Tiernmael or Tigerinomal
  • c. 640: Restoald
  • c. 650: Wral
  • c. 700: Turiau, Thuriau or Thurian
  • Geneve
  • Restoald
  • Armael
  • c. 770: Jumel, Jumael or Junemenus
  • c. 842: Haelrit
  • c. 848: Salacon or Salocon
  • c. 859–869: Festien or Festianus[40]
  • c. 874–878: Mohen[41]
  • Lowenan[42]
  • c. 930: Agan[43]
  • c. 950–952: Jutohen, Juthoven or Wichoen[44]
  • c. 990: Mayn II

1000 to 1300

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  • c. 1030–1032: Jungoneus
  • 1040–c. 1076: Juhel[45]
  • c. 1076:Gilduin[fr]
  • 1076–1081: Ivon[46]
  • 1082–1092:Johannes[47]
  • c. 1093 to c. 1100: Roland (I.)[48]
  • c. 1106: Johannes (II)
  • c. 1107: Ulgrin or Vulgrin
  • 1107–1130:Baldric of Dol[49]
  • 1130–1146:Geoffroi Le Roux[fr]
  • c. 1147–1154: Olivier[50]
  • 1154–1161:Hugues Le Roux[fr][51]
  • 1161–1163:Roger du Homet[fr]
  • 1163–c. 1177: Jean (III)
  • 1177–c. 1187:Rolandus (II).
  • c. 1187–1188: Henri I.
  • 1189–1190: Jean de Vaulnoise[52]
  • 1190–1199: Jean de La Mouche[53][54]
  • c. 1200 (probably 1203) to 13 November 1231: Jean (VI) de Lizaunet[55][56]
  • 1231 to c. 1242: Clément de Coetquen
  • c. 1242 to 16. November 1265: Etienne (I)
  • 1266 to 13. May 1279: Jean VII. Mahé

1300 to 1500

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  • 1280 to 30. March 1301: Thibaud I. de Pouencé
  • 1301–1312: Thibaud II. de Moréac
  • 1312–1324: Jean (VIII) du Bosc[57]
  • 1324–1328: Guillaume (I) Meschin[58]
  • 1328–1340: Jean (IX) d'Avaugour[59]
  • 1340– c. 1350: Henri II. Dubois
  • c. 1350– c. 1357: Simon Le Mayre
  • c. 1358– 16. March 1366: Nicolas
  • 1366 or 1367–1373: Jean X. des Pas
  • 1373 or 1374 to c. 1377: Geoffroi II. de Coëtmoisan
  • c. 1378–1381: Pierre
  • 1381–1382:Guy de Roye
  • 1382–1386: Everard de Trémignon
  • 27 August 1386 to 2 February 1390: Guillaume II. de Brie
  • 1390 to 20. May 1405: Richard de Lesmenez
  • 1405 to 6. December 1429: Etienne II. Cœuvret
  • 8. January 1431 to 1437: Jean XI. de Bruc
  • 11. December 1437 to 24. August 1444: Alain I. L'Epervier
  • 1444 to 16. April 1456: Raoul de La Moussaye
  • 17 June 1456 to 22. July 1474: CardinalAlain II. de Coëtivy
  • 1474 to 14. January 1478: Christophe de Penmarch
  • 1478 to 29. March 1482: Michel Guibé
  • 29. March 1482 to 5. April 1504: Thomas I. James

From 1500

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  • 1504–1521: Mathurin de Plédran[60]
[1522–1524: Thomas Le Roy,Archbishop-elect][61]
1524–1528: Joannes Staphileus[62]
  • 1528–1556: François de Laval[63]
  • 1556–1557: Jean de Matthefélon[64]
  • 1558–1591: Charles d'Espinay[65]
Sede vacante[66]
1591–1603: Enemond Revol[67]
  • 1603–1629: Antoine Revol[68]
  • 1630–1644: Hector Douvrier
  • 1645–1648: Antoine-Denis Cohon[69]
  • 1653–1660: Robert Cupif[70]
  • 1660–1692: Matthieu Thoreau
  • 1692–1702:Jean-François de Chamillart[71]
  • 1702–1715: François Elie de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson[72]
  • 1715–1748: Jean-Louis du Bouchet de Sourches[73]
  • 1749–1767: Jean-François-Louis Dondel
  • 1767–1790: Urbain-René de Hercé[74]

See also

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References

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  1. ^Dol (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy][self-published source]
  2. ^Thomas Taylor,The Life of St. Samson of Dol(London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1925), pp. xi-xii.
  3. ^abcdefghOne or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:Goyau, Pierre-Louis-Théophile-Georges (1911). "Archdiocese of Rennes".In Herbermann, Charles (ed.).Catholic Encyclopedia.Vol. 12. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  4. ^Duchesne, p. 387: "En somme, il semble bien que les communautés bretonnes de Dol et de Pental aient eu souvent à leur tête, après saint Samson comme de son temps, des abbés revêtus du caractère épiscopal. Mais il n'y a pas lieu d'en conclure qu'il existât à Dol une succession épiscopale régulière, ni que Dol fût le chef-lieu d'un diocèse délimité. Dol était un monastère et non une cité."
  5. ^Baldricus Dolensis Archiepiscopus.Opera.(in Latin).In: Jacques-Paul Migne (ed.),Patrologiae latina cursus completus...,series secunda, Volume 166. Paris: Aqud Editorem, 1854.Pp. 1049-1214.
  6. ^Tresvaux,L'église de Bretagne...,p. 271.Ivo Carnotensis, "Epistle 66," in: J.-P. Migne (ed.),Patrologiae latina cursus completus... series secunda, Volume 162,(in Latin),Paris: Aqud Editorem, 1854, pp. 82-85, atp. 84.Christolf Rolker, in: Olivier Descamps, Rafael Domingo (edd.),Great Christian Jurists in French History,(Cambridge University Press, 2019), Chapter 1:"Ivo of Chartres", note 8.
  7. ^Eubel II, pp. 11, no. 4; 100;145.
  8. ^Tresvaux,L'église de Bretagne...,p. 287.Eubel II, p. 149
  9. ^A. W. Haddon; W. Stubbs,Councils and Ecclesiastical Documents Relating to Great Britain and Ireland,Volume 2, part 1 (Oxford: Clarendon, 1873),pp. 91-92.
  10. ^J.D. Mansi (ed.),Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio,editio novissima,(in Latin)Vol. 14 (Venice: A. Zatta 1769), pp. 882-883.
  11. ^"Quomodo Nomenoius tyrannus Brittonum de quatuor episcopatibus fecit septem, tempore Karoli Calvi Regis Francorum,"(in Latin),in: Étienne Baluze,Capitularia Regum Francorum: Additae sunt Marculsi monachi & aliorum formulae veteres, & Notae doctissimorum virorum,Volume 2 (Paris: Muguet 1677),pp. 822-823.
  12. ^J.D. Mansi (ed.),Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio,editio novissima,(in Latin)Vol. 14 (Venice: A. Zatta 1769), pp. 923-925. Haddon & Stubbs, p. 92. Charles Joseph Hefele,Histoire des conciles,(in French),Vol. 4 (Paris: Letouzey 1911),pp. 162-164.
  13. ^J.P. Migne (ed.)Patrologiae Latinae Tomus CXIX(Paris 1852), p. 925: "Igitur deprecamini nos ut pallium fratri et coepiscopo nostro Festiniano, qui ecclesiae S. Saxonis praesse dignoscitur, dirigamus, quod interim ideo non facimus, quia, sicut olim nos scripsisse meminimus, ut pro tantae dignitatis gratia nulla solemnis videtur fuisse emissa petitio."
  14. ^Charles Joseph Hefele,Histoire des conciles,(in French),Vol. 4 (Paris: Letouzey 1911),pp. 216-219.
  15. ^J.D. Mansi (ed.),Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio,editio novissima,(in Latin)Vol. 15 (Venice: A. Zatta 1770), pp. 532-533.
  16. ^"...ut tam Dolensis episcopus, quam caeteri deinceps Britannorum episcopi Turonensem Ecclesiam suam esse metropolim recognoscerent... nec ullo ulterius tempore post Rolandi obitum, qui tunc Dolensi episcopus praesidebat, ad pallii usum Dolensis episcopus aspiraret."
  17. ^J.P. Migne (ed.)Patrologiae Latinae Tomus CLXXIX(Paris: Garnier 1899), pp. 875-878. Haddan & Stubbs, pp. 93-94.
  18. ^J.P. Migne (ed.)Patrologiae Latinae Tomus CLXXXVIII(Paris: Garnier 1855), pp. 1040-1041. Haddan & Stubbs, p. 95.
  19. ^J.P. Migne (ed.)Patrologiae Latinae Tomus CCXIV(Paris: Garnier 1890), pp. 625-634.
  20. ^Tresvaux,L' église de Bretagne...,p. 257.Haddan & Stubbs, p. 96.
  21. ^Tresvaux,L'église de Bretagne...,p. 257-258.
  22. ^Jules Thomas,Le Concordat de 1516: Deuxième partie. Les documents concordataires,(in French and Latin),(Paris: A. Picard, 1910), pp. 60–65. The right had to be exercised by the king within six months of the occurrence of the vacancy of a benefice.
  23. ^Tresvaux,L' église de Bretagne...,p. 282.Eubel III, p. 186.
  24. ^J,N,D, Kelly and M.J. Walsh,Oxford Dictionary of Popes,second edition (OUP 2010), pp. 261-262.
  25. ^Eubel I, p. 186. Pope Adrian died on 14 September 1523,
  26. ^Tresvaux,L' église de Bretagne...,p. 290.Hauréau,Gallia christianaXIV, p. 1063: "Cathedralem vero Dolensem nunquam adiit, vetante Francisco rege."
  27. ^Stiphelio was an Auditor of the Rota in the Roman Curia, and titular bishop of Sebenico (Dalmatia). Tresvaux,L' église de Bretagne...,p. 291.
  28. ^Eubel III, p. 186, 299.
  29. ^Eubel III, p. 186 with note 5. Hauréau,Gallia christianaXIV, p. 1063.
  30. ^Eubel III, p. 187. Bertrand de Broussillon, "La maison de Laval,"(in French),in:Bulletin de la Commission historique et archéologique de la MayenneVol. 16 (Laval: Commission historique et archéologique de la Mayenne, 1900),p. 194.
  31. ^Tresvaux,L'église de Bretagne...,p. 259.John McClintock, James Strong (edd.),Cyclopædia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature,Volume 10 (New York: Harper & brothers, 1889),pp. 785-786.
  32. ^Pisani,pp. 10-11.Departement de Puy-de-Dôme,"Création du département";retrieved 15 July 2024.
  33. ^"Civil Constitution," Title I, "Article 1. Chaque département formera un seul diocèse, et chaque diocèse aura la même étendue et les mêmes limites que le département."
  34. ^Ludovic Sciout,Histoire de la constitution civile du clergé (1790-1801): L'église et l'Assemblée constituante,(in French and Latin),Vol. 1 (Paris: Firmin Didot 1872),p. 182:Art. 2 "...Tous les autres évêchés existant dans les quatre-vingt-trois départements du royaume, et qui ne sont pas nommément compris au présent article, sont et demeurent supprimés."
  35. ^In 1702, and still in 1767, the city of Dol had a population ofc.500 persons. Ritzler & Sefrin,Hierarchia catholicaV, p. 186, note 1; VI, p. 198, note 1.
  36. ^Pisani,pp. 10-12.Jean-de-Dieu-Raimond de Boisgelin de Cucé,Exposition des principes sur la Constitution civile du clergé, par les évêques députés á l'Assemblée nationale,(in French),(Paris: Chez Guerbaert, 1791), p. 11: "C'est une maxime incontestable, que toute jurisdiction ne peut cesser, que par la puissance qui la donne. C'est de l'église seule, que les évêques tiennent leur jurisdiction; c'est l'église seule, qui peut les en priver."
  37. ^J.B. Duvergier (ed.),Collection complète des lois, décrets, ordonnances, réglemens et avis du Conseil d'état,(in French and Latin),Volume 13 (Paris: A. Guyot et Scribe, 1826), pp. 372; 382.
  38. ^Tresvaux,p. 259.
  39. ^Duine (1923),Annales de BretagneVol. 35,p. 99.
  40. ^Tresvaux,L' église de Bretagne...,pp. 263-264.Duchesne,p. 388-389, no. 1.
  41. ^Mayn (I) was the recipient of two letters fromPope John VIII.Tresvaux,L' église de Bretagne...,p. 264.Duchesne,p. 389, no. 2.
  42. ^Louenan was a contemporary of the English KingEdward the Elder(899–924). Duchesne,p. 390, no. 4.
  43. ^Agan: Tresvaux,L' église de Bretagne...,p. 264
  44. ^Juthoven: Tresvaux,L' église de Bretagne...,pp. 264-265.
  45. ^Bishop Juhel, a simoniac, was condemned along with his "suffragans" by the Council of Reims in 1049, and excommunicated byPope Leo IXin 1050. He was expelled from Dol in 1076. Tresvaux,L' église de Bretagne...,p. 265-267.
  46. ^Ivon died on 17 November 1081, Tresvaux,L' église de Bretagne...,p. 267-269.
  47. ^Archbishop Johannes died in Rome on 10 December 1092. Tresvaux,L' église de Bretagne...,p. 269.Duine (1923),Annales de BretagneVol. 35 (1921–1923),p. 98.
  48. ^Tresvaux,L' église de Bretagne...,p. 269-270.
  49. ^Baldric was appointed on 24 November 1107, and was granted thepalliumbyPope Paschal IIin 1109, to be used only on certain specified days. He died on 6 January 1130. Morice,Memoires...I,p. 498.Tresvaux,L' église de Bretagne...,p. 271-273.
  50. ^On the death of Archbishop Olivier, the cathedral Chapter of Dol elected the Cistercian monk, Guillaume. The General Chapter of the Cistercian Order, however, at the request of the archbishop of Tours, voided his election, on the canonical grounds that he had not made application to accept a prelacy from his Order. Tresvaux,L' église de Bretagne...,p. 274.
  51. ^Archbishop Hugues resigned in 1161, due to blindness. He retired to Mont Saint-Michel. Hauréau,Gallia christiana14,pp. 1050-1051.
  52. ^Hauréau,Gallia ChristianaXIV,p. 1052.
  53. ^His toponym suggests he may have been a kinsman of the de Subligny. Hauréau,Gallia ChristianaXIV,p. 1052.
  54. ^Richard Allen,"Five charters concerning the early history of the chapter at Avranches;"in:Tabularia: Sources écritrs des mondes normands médiévaux.[Open Edition Journals]; 10 March 2008.
  55. ^The origins of his cognomen are unknown. It is rendered in many different ways, including Lysenech, Lesenech, Lizannet, Lisanet and Lesonet.
  56. ^Richard Allen,"Five charters concerning the early history of the chapter at Avranches;"in:Tabularia: Sources écritrs des mondes normands médiévaux.[Open Edition Journals]; 10 March 2008.
  57. ^Bishop Jean died on 25 January 1324. Eubel I, p. 225.
  58. ^Guillaume had been bishop of Troyes (1317-1324). Because of a reservation placed on the next vacancy to the see of Dol,Pope John XXIItransferred him to Dol on 26 April 1324. Guillaume died on 15 March 1328. G. Mollat,Jean XXII: Lettres communes,(in Latin),(Paris: Fontemoing 1909), p. 115, no. 19441. Eubel I, pp. 225, 493.
  59. ^Pope John XXII exercised his reservation on the appointment of the next bishop of Dol, and, on 27 April 1328, he transferred Bishop Jean from the diocese of Saint-Brieuc to Dol. Archbishop Jean died on 8 May 1340. Tresvaux,L' église de Bretagne...,p. 274.Tresvaux,L' église de Bretagne...,p. 281.G. Mollat,Jean XXII: Lettres communes,Vol. 7 (Paris: E. de Boccard 1919), p. 235, no. 41001. Eubel I, p. 225.
  60. ^12 June 1504 to 10 December 1521
  61. ^Tresvaux,L' église de Bretagne...,p. 290.Eubel III, p. 186. Hauréau,Gallia christianaXIV, p. 1063: "Cathedralem vero Dolensem nunquam adiit, vetante Francisco rege."
  62. ^Joannes was an Auditor of the Rota, and titular bishop of Sebenico (Dalmatia). He was appointed archbishop of Dol byPope Clement VIIin the consistory of 26 October 1524, but he was not granted possession. Eubel III, p. 186.
  63. ^François de Laval was the natural son of Guy (XVI) de Laval, Governor of Bretagne (d. 20 May 1531), and Anne d'Épinay. He was appointed archbishop of Dol byPope Clement VIIin the consistory of 6 March 1528. He required a dispensation for bastardy, and a dispensation for being underage. In 1530 he was named abbot commendatory of Paimpont, and in 1534 abbot of Tronchet; King Francis did not withdraw his sequestration of the temporalities of Dol, Painpont and Tronchet until 4 March 1539, after having received François' oaths of fidelity (Bulletin,p. 486, no. 2454). He held the post of Aumonier to the King. He was legitimized by King Francis I in March 1540. He died on 2 July 1556. Bertrand de Broussillon, "La maison de Laval,"(in French),in:Bulletin de la Commission historique et archéologique de la MayenneVol. 16 (Laval: Commission historique et archéologique de la Mayenne, 1900),pp. 194-197.Eubel III, p. 187 with note 6.
  64. ^Jean had been Dean of the cathedral Chapter of Angers. He was appointed archbishop of Dol and took possession by proxy on on 25 September 1556. He was never consecrated a bishop. He died on 12 September 1557, still archbishop-elect. Hauréau,Gallia christianaXIV,p. 1063Eubel III, p. 187 with note 7.
  65. ^Despinay was a cleric of Rennes, and abbot of Saint-Gildas-des-Bois. His name was proposed in consisitory on 20 July 1558, and again on 15 February 1559. Despinay was appointed on 29 May 1560, byPope Pius IV.He was consecrated a bishop on 16 September 1565. He died on 12 September 1591. Tresvaux,L' église de Bretagne...,p. 292.Eubel III, p, 187 with note 8.
  66. ^Eubel III, p. 187, note 9.
  67. ^Enemond was the son of Louis Revol, secretary of state under Henri III and Henri IV. He never received his bulls, but enjoyed the revenue of the diocese for 13 years. Henri IV at the time was a Protestant, and did not have the right to nominate. Tresvaux,L' église de Bretagne...,p. 292.
  68. ^Antoine Revol: Eubel III, p. 187. Gauchat,Hierarchia catholicaIV, p. 175.
  69. ^François Duine,Cohon, évêque de Nîmes et de Dol,(in French),(Rennes: Impr. F. Simon, 1902),pp. 1-3.
  70. ^Joseph Bergin,The Making of the French Episcopate, 1589-1661 (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996),p. 35.
  71. ^A native of Paris, Chamillart held the degree of doctor of theology (University of Paris). He was nominated archbishop of Dol byKing Louis XIVon 5 April 1692, and confirmed byPope Innocent XIIon 6 October 1692. He was transferred to the diocese of Senlis on 31 July 1702, byPope Clement XI.He died on 16 April 1714. Tresvaux,L' église de Bretagne...,p. 297.Ritzler & Sefrin V, p. 186 with note 3; 357 with note 3.
  72. ^Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson: Tresvaux,L' église de Bretagne...,p. 297.Ritzler & Sefrin V, p. 186 with note 4.
  73. ^Boucher: Tresvaux,L' église de Bretagne...,pp. 297-298.Ritzler & Sefrin V, p. 186 with note 5.
  74. ^De Hercé emigrated to Jersey, and then to England. He returned to France, in the royalistInvasion of France (1795),was captured, and executed at Vannes, on 30 July 1795. Jean, pp. 436-437. Ritzler & Sefrin,Hierarchia catholicaVI, p. 198 with note 3.

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