Annemund
Annemund | |
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 Ennemond | |
| Died | 657 or 658 |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church |
| Feast | September 28 |
Saint Annemund,also known asAnnemundus,Aunemundus,EnnemondandChamond,was anarchbishopof theArchdiocese of Lyon.[1]Annemund was a councillor ofClovis IIand a friend ofWilfridof York. The year of his death is variously given as either 657[2]or 658. He is venerated as asaintin theCatholic Church.
Biography
[edit]Ennemond Dauphin (Dalfinus)succeeded Viventius asbishop of Lyonbetween 652 and 654 during the reign ofClovis II.[3][4]
His father, Sigon, was aprefectinLyon,while his brother, Dalfin, wasCount of Lyons.[5]Latehagiographic textssay his was aGallo-Romanfamily, although his name is of German origin, more common in theBurgundianlate 5th century. These same texts record that Dauphin's brother wasprefectofGaul.The accounts of his contemporariesEddius Stephanus(in) and theVenerable Bedehowever, make no mention of his brother.
Annemund was a councillor ofClovis IIand a friend ofWilfrid.[6]Tradition attributes to him theevangelizationof theSaint-Chamondarea (Castellum Sancti Admundi), whose church still contains one of hisrelics.
He was the victim of a plot by themayor of the palace,Ebroin.According toBede,[7]this occurred at the order of QueenBalthild.Having been unable to attend a gathering of Frankish officials at Orleans, he was slandered as a traitor to the king. Summoned to court,[8]he was beheaded on September 29, 658 nearChalon-sur-Saôneby parties affiliated with Ebroin.[9]His body was brought back toLyonand is in theSaint-Nizier Church.Genesiussucceeded him asBishop.
Legacy
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Ennemond is also revered inBellegarde-en-ForezandChampdieu.He gave his name to the town ofSaint-EnnemondinAllierandSaint-Chamondin theLoirearea. One of his relics is preserved in theChurch of Saint-Ennemond,Saint-Étienne.
He is enrolled in the Romanmartyrologyand hisfeast dayis celebrated on 28 September.[10][11][12]
It is said that it was Ennemond who first conceived the idea of calling the faithful to church by ringingchurch bells.Similarly, when his body was returned to Lyon, all churches would have started ringing their bells.[13]
A statue in the Saint-Ennemond church Saint-Étienne is in episcopal robes, holding a codex of theBible.
References
[edit]- ^Lyon.at GCatholic.org.
- ^Archdiocese of Lyon, Franceat Catholic Saints.info.
- ^Lyon.at GCatholic.org.
- ^David M. Cheney,Archdiocese of Lyonat catholic-hierarchy.org.
- ^Alban Butler,Butler's Lives of the Saints: September(Burns & Oates, 2000), p. 262.
- ^Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson and Stephen Bunson,Our Sunday Visitor's encyclopedia of saints(ISBN978-1931709750), p. 97.
- ^Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum,bk. 5, ch. 19.
- ^Archer, T.A., "Bathilda",Dictionary of National Biography,Vol. III (Leslie Stephens, ed.), London; Smith, Elder & Co., 1885
- ^Hunt, William. "Wilfrid",DCB,Vol. XXI, (Sidney Lee, ed.), London, Macmillan, 1909
- ^Références sur Ennemond sur le site du musée diocèse de Lyon.
- ^A. COVILLE, L’Evêque Aunemundus et son Testament,Revue d'histoire de Lyon,tome 1, 1902, p. 353-372 & p. 465-456
- ^James Condamin, Saint Ennemond, évêque de Lyon: sa vie et son culte, 1876.
- ^Site de la ville de Saint-Ennemond.
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