Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sens

The Archdiocese of Sens and Auxerre (Latin: Archidioecesis Senonensis et Antissiodorensis; French: Archidiocèse de Sens et Auxerre) is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. The archdiocese comprises the department of Yonne, which is in the region of Burgundy.

Archdiocese of Sens and Auxerre Archidioecesis Senonensis et Antissiodorensis Archidiocèse de Sens et Auxerre
Sens Cathedral
Location
Country	France
Ecclesiastical province	Dijon
Metropolitan	Archdiocese of Dijon
Statistics
Area	7,460 km2 (2,880 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2022) 340,514 200,000 (58.7%)
Parishes	31
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	3 June 1823 (as archdiocese of sens and auxerre)
Cathedral	Cathedral of St. Stephen in Sens
Patron saint	St. Savinian and St. Potentian
Secular priests	49 (Diocesan) 14 (Religious Orders) 18 Permanent Deacons
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Pascal Wintzer
Metropolitan Archbishop	Antoine Hérouard
Bishops emeritus	Yves François Patenôtre
Map
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

Established in sub-apostolic times, according to late local legends, the diocese, as metropolis of the province of Quarta Lugdunensis, achieved ecclesiastical metropolitical status in the 7th century. For a time, the archbishop of Sens held the title "primate of the Gauls and Germania". The title was transferred to Lyon in the latter part of the 11th century.

After the creation of the archdiocese of Paris in 1622, the metropolitan archdiocese of Sens had three suffragan (subordinate) dioceses: Auxerre, Nevers and Troyes.^[1] The Diocese of Bethléem at Clamecy was also dependent on the metropolitan see of Sens. On December 8, 2002, as part of a general reorganization of the dioceses of France undertaken, at least in part, to respond to demographic changes, the Archdiocese of Sens-Auxerre ceased to have metropolitan rank and became a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Dijon, which became the centre of a new ecclesiastical province for the Burgundy administrative region.

History

The history of the religious beginnings of the church at Sens dates from Savinian and Potentian, and through legend to the Dioceses of Chartres, Troyes and Orléans. Local legend claimed that the two were sent by Saint Peter himself (d. 68).^[2] Gregory of Tours is silent regarding Savinian and Potentian, alleged founders of the See of Sens; the Hieronymian Martyrology, which was revised before 600 at Auxerre (or Autun), ignores them. The cities of Chartres and Troyes have nothing about these men in their local liturgy prior to the 12th century, and that of Orléans nothing prior to the 15th, pertaining to the preaching of Altinus, Eodaldus and Serotinus (companions of Savinian and Potentian).

Before the ninth century there was (in the cemetery near the monastery of Pierre le Vif at Sens) a group of tombs, among which are those of the first bishops of Sens. In 847, the transfer of their remains to the church of St-Pierre le Vif inspired popular devotion towards Savinian and Potentian. In 848, Wandelbert of Prüm named them the first patrons of the church of Sens. Ado, in his martyrology published shortly afterwards, speaks of them as envoys of the apostles and as martyrs. The Martyrology of Usuard (around 875) depicts them as envoys of the "Roman pontiff" and martyrs. In the middle of the 10th century the relics of these two saints were hidden in a subterranean vault of the Abbey of St-Pierre le Vif to escape the pillage of the Hungarians, but in 1031 they were placed in a reliquary established by the monk Odoranne. This monk (in a chronicle published about 1045) speaks of Altinus, Eodaldus, and Serotinus as apostolic companions of Savinian and Potentian, but does not view them as legitimate.

In a document which (according to Henri Bouvier) dates from the end of the sixth century or the beginning of the seventh—but according to Louis Duchesne, who labels the Gerbertine legend as written in 1046 and 1079 under the inspiration of Gerbert, Abbot of St-Pierre le Vif—is first described a legend tracing to Savinian and Potentian (and their companions) the evangelization of the churches of Orléans, Chartres and Troyes. After some uncertainty, the legend became fixed in the Chronicle of pseudo-Clarius, compiled about 1120. The Christian faith could not have been preached at Sens in the second century, but Sidonius Apollinaris mentions that in 475 the Church of Sens had its 13th bishop; the list of bishops does not indicate that the episcopal see existed prior to the second half of the third century or the beginning of the fourth.

In the synod of Liptinae (diocese of Cambrai), held in May 743, Archbishop Boniface of Mainz, the papal legate in Germany, appointed three bishops: Grimo of Rouen, Abel of Reims, and Ardobert of Sens. The priest Deneardus was appointed messenger to carry the report of the synod to Rome, and to request the pope to grant the pallium to each of the prelates. In the meantime, something caused Boniface to change his mind about Abel and Ardobert, and he wrote to the pope, withdrawing his request for pallia for them. Surprised, Pope Zacharias replied in a letter of 23 September 843, granting Boniface's request for Grimo, and requested further details about the situation.^[3] But at the council of Soissons on 3 March 744, Pipin, Mayor of the Palace, had to request the council to grant canonical institution and possession of the dioceses of Reims and Sens. The council refused.^[4]

Councils of Sens

Main article: Councils of Sens

A large number of Church councils were held at Sens between 600 and 1485. The earliest perhaps involved a controversy over the date of Easter which Abbot Colombanus of Luxeuil (in the Vosges) refused to attend.^[5] In 1009, Archbishop Leotheric held a provincial synod, in the presence of King Robert I of France, to address the abuses of the abbey of S. Benoît de Fleury, which claimed exemption from diocesan control.^[6] The Council of 1140 condemned the writings of Abelard.^[7] The Council of 1198 was concerned with the Manichaean sect of the Poplicani.^[8]

Chapter and cathedral

The cathedral was dedicated in honor of Saint Stephen Protomartyr.

The cathedral was staffed and administered by a corporation called the Chapter, which consisted of five dignities (the archdeacon of Sens, the Treasurer, the Dean, the Precentor, and the Cellerar), of four personages (the archdeacon of Gatinais, the archdeacon of Melun, the archdeacon of Provins and the archdeacon d'Étampes), thirty-one canons, and fourteen semi-prebends. The archdeacons, the treasurer, and all the canons were appointments of the archbishop. The dean, the precentor, and the cellaerar were elected by the Chapter and confirmed by the pope.^[9] The Chapter had once been headed by a Provost, known since 961, but the office was suppressed and in 1176 the office was renamed "Dean".^[10]

On 2 January 876, Pope John VIII granted Bishop Ansegisius of Sens the office of papal vicar per Gallias et Germanias.^[11] At the council of Pontoise held by Charles the Bald in the same year, and on 14 July the papal legates and Archbishop Ansegisius attempted to have the Empire recognize the papal appointment as a primacy.^[12] There were many complaints from the bishops in attendance, and the question was raised again in the Emperor's presence on 16 July. It was ordered that "Ansegisius should have after the conclusion of the council exactly what he had at the beginning of it.^[13]

On 19 April 1079, Pope Gregory VII wrote to Archbishop Gebuin of Lyon, confirming for him and his successors the primacy of his archdiocese over the four provinces, Lyon, Rouen, Tours, and Sens.^[14] King Louis VI of France wrote to Pope Calixtus II (1119–1124), attempting to cajole him into releasing the province of Sens from subordination to the Primacy of Lyon. Lyon was, after all, in a different kingdom at the time. He did not succeed.^[15]

In 1537, one of the canons of the cathedral Chapter founded a collège in Sens, which was handed over to the Jesuits in 1623.^[16]

The major seminary of the diocese was founded in Sens in 1654, by Archbishop Louis-Henri de Pardaillan de Gondrin (1646–1674), and completed by his successor, Jean de Montpezat.^[17] and administered from 1667 by the Priests of the Mission.^[18]

Collegiate churches

The diocese of Sens was richly endowed with fifteen collegiate churches, all of which were closed at the Revolution and had their properties and incomes confiscated for the benefit of the State.^[19] The collegiate church of Nôtre-Dame d'Étampes, founded by King Robert I of France (866–922–923), was headed by a Cantor and had ten canons. Sainte-Croix d'Etampes , founded in 1183, had two dignities (a Dean and a Cantor) and nineteen canons. Nôtre-Dame de Melun had a Cantor and seven canons. Nôtre-Dame de Milly had four canons and was presided over by a Dean who was also the parish priest, who was presented for office to the archbishop by the local lord.^[20] The town of Provins had three collegiate churches: Saint-Quiriacus of the 10th century, administered by four dignities (dean, provost, cantor and treasurer) and twenty canons, all of whom except the dean were appointments of the king; Nôtre-Dame-du-Val, dating from 1171, headed by three dignities (dean, cantor, provost) and sixteen canons appointed alternately by the king and the archbishop; Saint-Nicolas, founded in 1218 and administered by a dean (elected by the Chapter) and nine canons.^[21] The collegiate church of Saint-Loup in Brienon-l'archévêque was headed by a treasurer and seven canons; the church of Saint-Pierre in Saint-Julien-du-Sault had a cantor and ten canons; the collegiate church of Saint Laurent at Ville-Folle had eight canons, presided over by a cantor and a treasurer. The church of Nôtre-Dame de Montereau had two dignities (a dean and a cantor) and nine canons who were appointed by the archbishop, except for the dean who was elected by the Chapter.^[22] The church of Nôtre-Dame at Bray-sur-Seine had three dignities (dean, treasurer, cantor) and ten canons appointed by the archbishop, while the dean was elective by the Chapter and the treasurer and cantor were appointed by the lords of Bray. The church of Sainte-Trinité at Trainel had six canons.^[23]

Restructuring of ecclesiastical system

Until 1622, the metropolitan archdiocese numbered seven suffragan (subordinate)^[24] dioceses: the dioceses of Chartres, Auxerre, Meaux, Paris, Orléans, Nevers and Troyes. On 20 October 1622, Pope Gregory XV issued the bull "Universi Orbis," creating the metropolitan archdiocese of Paris, and assigning it four suffragan diocese which had belonged to Sens.^[25] The diocese of Sens was left with only three suffragan (subordinate) dioceses: Auxerre, Nevers and Troyes.^[26] Complaints and conflict with Paris and Lyon continued, however, for another half-century.^[27] In 1668, the income of the abbey of Mont Saint-Martin in the Diocese of Cambrai was added to the income (mensa) of the archbishop.^[28]

Before the Revolution, the diocese of Sens contained 774 parishes, with approximately 158,700 inhabitants. It was claimed, after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, that there was only one Protestant family remaining.^[29] There were sixteen parishes inside the city of Sens, and thirteen of the curés of those parishes had the title of "cardinal priest", who assisted the archbishop when he celebrated Mass pontifically in the cathedral.^[30]

Until the French Revolution, when all titles of nobility were abolished, the archbishop of Sens was also viscount of Sens. In the 16th century, the archbishops were mostly absentee landlords. Cardinal Antoine Duprat (1525–1535), who was Chancellor of France and also first-minister of King Francis I, never visited Sens. Cardinal Louis de Bourbon-Vendôme (1535–1557) lived at the royal court. Cardinal Jean Bertrand (1557–1560) held the office of Garde des Sceaux, and died as ambassador in Venice without ever having made his entry into the diocese of Sens. Cardinal Nicolas de Pellevé (1562–1592) was occupied with the Council of Trent, and then lived at the papal court. Archbishop Renaud de Beaune (1595–1606) did not receive his bulls of installation until 1602.^[31]

French Revolution

Even before it directed its attention to the Church directly, the National Constituent Assembly attacked the institution of monasticism. On 13 February 1790. it issued a decree which stated that the government would no longer recognize solemn religious vows taken by either men or women. In consequence, Orders and Congregations which lived under a Rule were suppressed in France. Members of either sex were free to leave their monasteries or convents if they wished, and could claim an appropriate pension by applying to the local municipal authority.^[32]

The National Constituent Assembly ordered the replacement of political subdivisions of the ancien régime with 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.^[33] A new department was created called "Yonne," and Sens became the principal city in the department.^[34] 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 draft Civil Constitution of the Clergy, which, after vigorous debate, was approved on 12 July 1790. There was to be one diocese in each department,^[35] requiring the suppression of approximately fifty dioceses.^[36] Sens became the seat of the "diocese of Yonne," in the metropolitanate of Paris.^[37] Cardinal Loménie took the required oath to the Constitution on 30 January 1791, and became the Constitutional Bishop of the Yonne.^[38] He was in a state of schism with the Catholic Church.

Reconstruction

The French Directory fell in the coup engineered by Talleyrand and Napoleon on 10 November 1799. The coup resulted in the establishment of the French Consulate, with Napoleon as the First Consul. To advance his aggressive military foreign policy, he decided to make peace with the Catholic Church and the Papacy.^[39] In the concordat of 1801 between the French Consulate, headed by First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte, and Pope Pius VII, and in the enabling papal bull, "Qui Christi Domini", the diocese of Yonne (Sens) and all the other dioceses in France, were suppressed. This removed all the institutional contaminations and novelties introduced by the Constitutional Church.^[40] The diocesan structure was then re-established by the papal bull "Qui Christi Domini" of 29 November 1801, but Sens was not one of the restored dioceses.^[41] The Concordat was registered as a French law on 8 April 1802.^[42]

The territory of the former archdiocese of Sens and that of the former Auxerre was annexed to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Troyes. The somewhat complex agreement gave the title of bishop of Auxerre to the bishops of Troyes, and the purely honorary title of archbishop of Sens to the archbishop of Paris, the metropolitan archbishop the diocese of Troyes (departments of Aube and Yonne).^[43]

The French monarchy restored

In 1814, the French monarchy was restored, and on 24 May 1814, the pope returned to Rome from exile in Savona.^[44] Work began immediately on a new concordat, to regularize the relations between the two parties. In implementation of the concordat of 27 July 1817, between King Louis XVIII and Pope Pius VII, the papal bull "Commissa nobis" was issued on 27 July 1817, but the French Parliament refused to ratify the concordat. It was not until 6 October 1822 that a revised version of the papal bull, now called "Paternae Charitatis",^[45] fortified by an ordonnance of Louis XVIII of 13 January 1823 ordering its registration, received the acceptance of all parties.

"Commissa nobis" of 1817 reestablished the Archdiocese of Sens and the Diocese of Auxerre, but this arrangement did not go into effect. The papal bull "Paternae charitatis" of 27 July 1821, the pontifical brief of 4 September 1821,^[46] and the royal ordinance of 19 October 1821, agreeing to the suppression of the Diocese of Auxerre, and assigning to the Archdiocese of Sens the Department of the Yonne and, as suffragans, the Dioceses of Troyes, Nevers and Moulins.^[47] A papal brief of 3 June 1823 gave to the archbishop of Sens the additional title of bishop of Auxerre.^[48]

By a royal ordonnance of26 March 1823, King Louis XVIII authorized Archbishop de la Fare to establish a seminary. The city of Auxerre offered a set of buildings for the opening of a minor seminary.^[49]

The archbishop of Sens-Auxerre continued to reside at Sens until the 1920s, but is now resident at Auxerre, while his cathedra (seat) is at Sens Cathedral.^[50] The distance between Sens and Auxerre is around 31 miles (50 km) by train.

Bishops and archbishops

Before 800 AD

• (346) : Severinus^[51]
• Ursicinus (356–387)^[52]
• Ambrose (died c. 460)
• Agroecius (Agrice) (c. 465–487)^[53]
• Heraclius (487–515)^[54]
• Paul (515–525)^[55]
• Leo (533, 538, 541)^[56]
• Constitutus of Sens (549, 552, 573)^[57]
• Arthemius (579–609)^[58]
• Lupus (c. 609–623)^[59]
• Mederius (627)^[60]
• Hildegarius
• Annobertus (c. 639)

[ Gondelbert (c. 642–643) ]^[61]

• Armentarius (650, 654)^[62]
• Arnulfus (654–657)
• Emmon (658–675)^[63]

[ Amatus (Amé) (c. 676)]^[64]

• Wulfram of Sens (692–695)^[65]
• Giricus (Gerie) (c. 696), the first archbishop^[66]
• Ebbo^[67]
• Merulf
• Hartbert (744) ^[68][69]
• Lupus (c. 757, 762)^[70]
• Wilchar, present at the Lateran Council (769)

800 to 1000

• (797–817) : Magnus^[71]
• (818? –828) : Jeremias^[72]
• (829–836) : Alderic^[73]
• (837–865) : Wenilo (837–865)^[74]
• (865–870) : Eigil
• (871–883) : Ansegisus^[75]
• (884–887) : Evrard
• (887–923) : Walter^[76]
• (923–927) : Gauthier^[77]
• (927–932) : Autald
• (932–938) : Guillaume
• (938–954) : Gerlair
• (954–958) : Hildeman
• (958–967) : Archambaud
• (967–976) : Anastasius
• (976–999) : Sevinus^[78]

1000–1200

• (999–1032) : Leotheric^[79]
• (1032–1049) : Gelduinus [fr]^[80]
• (1049–1062) : Mainard^[81]
• (1062–1096) : Richerius^[82]
• (1098–1122) Daimbert^[83]
• (1122–1242) : Henri Sanglier^[84]
• (1142–1168) : Hugues de Toucy^[85]
• (1168–1176) : Guillaume aux Blanches Mains^[86]
• (1176–1193) : Gui de Noyers^[87]
• (1194–1199) : Michel de Corbeil^[88]

1200–1500

• Peter of Corbeil (1200–1222)^[89]
• Gauthier Cornu (1222–1241)^[90]
• Gilles Cornu (1244–1254)^[91]
• Henri Cornu (1254–1257)^[92]
• Guillaume de Brosse (1258–1267)^[93]
• Pierre de Charny (1267–1274)
• Pierre d'Anisy (1274)
• Gilles Cornu (1275–1292)
• Étienne Béquart de Penil (1292–2309)
• Philippe Leportier de Marigny (1309–1316)^[94]
• Guillaume de Melun (1317–1329)^[95]
• Pierre Roger (1329–1330), later Pope Clement VI (1342–1352)
• Guillaume de Brosse (1330–1338)^[96]
• Philippe de Melun (1339–1344)^[97]
• Guillaume de Melun (1344–1375)^[98]
• Ademar Robert (1376–1385)^[99]
• Gonterus de Baigneux (1385) Avignon Obedience^[100]
• Guy de Roye (1385–1390) Avignon Obedience
• Guillaume de Dormans (1390–1405) Avignon Obedience
• Jean de Montaigu (1406–1415) Avignon Obedience^[101]
• Henri de Savoisy (1416–1422)^[102]
• Jean Nanton (1422–1432)^[103]
• Louis de Melun (1432–1474)^[104]
• Tristan de Salazar (1475–1519)^[105]

1500–1800

• Étienne de Poncher 1519–1524
• Antoine Duprat 1525–1535 (made cardinal in 1527)
• Louis de Bourbon-Vendôme 1535–1557 (cardinal from 1517)
• Jean Bertrand 1557–1560 (cardinal in 1559)
• Louis de Lorraine 1560–1562 (Cardinal de Guise from 1553)
• Nicolas de Pellevé 1562–1592 (cardinal from 1570)^[106]
• Renaud de Beaune (1595–1606)^[107]
• Jacques Davy Duperron (1606–1618)^[108]
• Jean Davy du Perron (1618–1621)^[109]
• Octave de Saint-Lary de Bellegarde (1621–1646)^[110]
• Louis-Henri de Pardaillan de Gondrin (1646–1674)^[111]
• Jean de Montpezat de Carbon (1674–1685)^[112]
• Hardouin Fortin de la Hoguette (1685–1715)^[113]
• Denis-François le Bouthillier de Chavigny (1716–1730)^[114]
• Jean-Joseph Languet de Gergy (1730–1753)^[115]
• Paul d'Albert de Luynes (1753–1788)^[116]
• Étienne-Charles de Loménie de Brienne 1788–1793)^[117]

1800–present

• Anne-Louis-Henri de la Fare (1821–1829)^[118]
• Jean-Joseph-Marie-Victoire de Cosnac (1829–1843)^[119]

Archbishop Patenôtre

• Charles André Toussaint Bruno Raimond de la Lande (1843)
• Mellon de Jolly (1844–1867)^[120]
• Victor-Félix Bernadou (1867–1891)
• Pierre-Marie-Etienne-Gustave Ardin (1892–1911)
• Jean-Victor-Emile Chesnelong 1912–1931
• Maurice Feltin 1932–1935 (became Archbishop of Bordeaux)
• Frédéric Edouard Camille Lamy 1936–1962
• René-Louis-Marie Stourm 1962–1977
• Eugène-Marie Ernoult 1977–1990
• Gérard Denis Auguste Defois 1990–1995 (became Archbishop of Reims)
• Georges Edmond Robert Gilson 1996–2004
• Yves François Patenôtre 2004–2015
• Hervé Giraud 2015–2024
• Pascal Jean Marcel Wintzer (6 Aug 2024 Appointed)

References

1. Boislisle, p. 45.
2. Boislisle, pp. 42-43, though he points out that the claim is first made in the 15th century.
3. J.P. Migne (ed.), Patrologiae Latinae (in Latin), Tomus 89 (Paris: J.P. Migne 1850), pp. 925-929, epistles V and VI.
4. Fisquet, p. 19. Joannes Fridericus Schannat & Josephus Hartzheim, Concilia Germaniae, (in Latin), (Cologne: Krakamp & Simonis 1759), pp. 52, 57-58.
5. A council was held at Sens during the bishopric of Betharius of Chartres (594–614). Charles De Clercq, Concilia Galliae, A. 511 — A. 695 (Turnholt: Brepols 1963), p. 273. C. J. Hefele, A History of the Councils of the Church Vol. 4 (Edinburgh: t. Clark 1895), p. 433.
6. Victor Rocher, Histoire de l'Abbaye Royale de Sainte-Benoit-sur-Loire, (in French), (H. Herluison 1869), pp. 191-192. Fisquet, p. 38.
7. Charles Joseph Hefele, Histoire des conciles, (in French), tr. Delarc, Volume 7 (Paris: A. Leclere 1872), pp. 250-288.(
8. Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Councils of Sens" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
9. Fisquet, p. 4. Besse, p. 8.
10. Fisquet, p. 190-191.
11. Fisquet, p. 4. J.-P. Migne, Patrologiae latina cursus completus series secunda, (in Latin), Volume 126 (Paris: J.P. Migne 1866), p. 660.
12. "Et lecta et a Ioanne Tusculanensi iterum epistola, iubente Imperatore pro primatu Ansegisi...."
13. Jacques Sirmond, Concilia antiqua Galliae (in Latin) Tomus III (Paris: S.Cramoisy 1629), p. 436. Boislisle, p. 43.
14. Fisquet, p. 4. Pierre de Marca, Dissertationes tres, (in Latin) (ed. S. Baluzius) (Paris: Franc. Muguet, 1669), pp. 343-345: "...confirmamus primatum super quatuor provincias Lugdunensi Ecclesiæ tuæ, & per eam tibi tuisque successoribus, his tantùm qui nullo interveniente munere electi vel promoti fuerint.... Provincias autem illas quas vobis confirmavimus, dicimus Lugdunensem, Rothomagensem, Turonensem, & Senonensem, ut hæ videlicet provinciæ condignam obedientiam Lugdunensi Ecclesiæ exhibeant, & honorem quem Romani Pontifices reddendum esse scriptis propriis præfixerunt, humiliter & devotè persolvant".
15. Marca, pp. 362-364
16. Boislisle, p. 48.
17. Fisquet, p. 145, 148.
18. Boislisle, p. 49 with note 1.
19. Fisquet, p. 2.
20. Boislisle, p. 49, 51.
21. Boislisle, p. 54.
22. Boislisle, p. 57, 58-59.
23. Boislisle, p. 46, 59-60.
24. Obligations of suffragans: Chartraire, Cartulaire du Chapitre de Sens, pp. x-xii.
25. Bullarum diplomatum et privilegiorum sanctorum romanorum pontificum, editio Taurinensis, (in Latin), Volume 12 (Turin: A. Vecco 1867), pp. 750-753.
26. Boislisle, p. 45.
27. J.B. Driot, Senonensis ecclesiae Querela de primatu Galliarum aduersùs Lugdunensem, et de metropolitico iure aduersùs Parisiensem, ad illustriss. dominum Senoniae metropolitam, Galliae Germaniaeque primatem, studio Ioannis-Baptistae Driot, metropol. ac primatialis ecclesiae Senonensis canonici, sacrae theologiae Parisiensis Baccalaurei, (in Latin), Sens: apud Ludouicum Prussurot, 1657.
28. Fisquet, p. 3.
29. Boislisle, pp. 154, 722. Fisquet, p. 2.
30. Bresse, p. 7.
31. Chantrire, Cartulaire du Chapitre de Sens, pp. viii-ix.
32. J. B. Duvergier, Collection complète des lois, décrets, ordonnances, règlemens avis du Conseil d'état, (in French), Volume 1 (Paris: A. Guyot et Scribe, 1834), p. 118: "La loi constitutionnelle du royaume ne reconnaitra plus de voeux monastiques solennels des personnes de l'un ni de l'autre sexe: en conséquence, les ordres et congrégations réguliers dans lesquels on fait de pareils voeux sont et demeureront supprimés en France, sans qu'il puisse en être établi de semblables à l'avenir." Michael Burleigh, Earthly Powers: The Clash of Religion and Politics in Europe, from the French Revolution to the Great War (New York: Harper Collins 2006), p. 54.
33. Pisani, pp. 10-11.
34. Duvergier, p. 125, 242.
35. "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."
36. 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."
37. Pisani, p. 82. Duvergier I, p. 284: "L'arrondissement de la métropole de Paris comprendra les évêchés des départements de Paris, de Seine-et Oise, d'eure-et-Loir, du Loiret, de l'Yonne,de l'Aube, de Seine-et-Marne."
38. Pisani, p. 83.
39. Hippolyte Taine, The Origins of Contemporary France. The Modern Régime, Volume 1 (H. Holt, 1890), p. 153.
40. 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, col. 2.
41. Duvergier, Vol. 13, p.374-375, 383.
42. Duvergier, Vol. 13, p.318. The law was published by an arrété of 18 April 1802.
43. Duvergier, Vol. 13, p.374-375, 384.
44. Alexis François Artaud de Montor, The Lives and Times of the Popes, Vol. 8 (New York: Catholic Publication Society 1911), p. 237.
45. Bullarii Romani continuatio, (in Latin), Tomus septimus, pars 2 (Prati: Typographua Aldina 1852), pp. 2295-2304.
46. Bullarii Romani continuatio, (in Latin), Tomus septimus, Pii VII. continens Pontificatum, Volume 2 (Parto: Aldina, 1852), p. 2168.
47. J.-B. Duvergier, Collection complète des lois, décrets, ordonnances, règlemens avis du Conseil d'état, (in French), Volume 23 (Paris: A. Guyot et Scribe, 1838), pp. 390-391.
48. Bullarii Romani continuatio, Volume 2, pp. 2327-2328.
49. Fisquet, p. 170.
50. "Archdiocese of Sens (-Auxerre)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
51. Bishop Severinus, according to Sainte-Marthe ("qui concilium Sardicense an. 347 suo approbavit chirographo"), sent a letter approving the canons of the Council of Sardica in 342, 343, 344 or 347 (date disputed). His name and his diocese appear nowhere in the lists of bishops who attended that council. He attended the council of Cologne on 12 May 346. Gallia christiana vol. 12, p. 4. Fisquet, p. 8. Charles Munier, Concilia Galliae, A. 314 – A. 506, (in Latin), (Turnholt: Brepols 1963), p. 27.
52. Ursicinus was exiled to Phrygia along with several other bishops by a council of Beziers, under Constantius, through the influence of the Arians. Visited by St. Hilary on his return to Sens after three years of exile, around 386 he founded at Sens the monastery of Sts. Gervasius and Protasius. Details of his life are derived from a 13th century life; there are no authentic facts of his life. Gallia christiana vol. 12, p. 4-5. Fisquet, p. 9: "Tout ce que certains historiens racontent de ce prélat est très-hypthétique et ne repose sur aucune preuve." Duchesne, p. 415, note 1.
53. Agroecus was bishop for 32 years; he is mentioned by Bishop Sidonius Apollinaris of Clermont-Ferrand in a letter of c. 472 (VII.5). He died on 13 June 487. Fisquet, p. 195.
54. Heraclius is said to have been the founder of the monastery of St. John the Evangelist at Sens, not noticed by Fisquet or Duchesne. Sainte-Marthe (in the text, p. 6) says he witnessed the Last Will and Testament of Queen Theodechildis (c. 570). Gallia christiana vol. 12, p. 4-5.
55. Bishop Paul, said by Gallia christiana to have been a brother of Bishop Heraclius, died in 525. Fisquet, p. 10, no. 15.
56. Bishop Leo protested the creation of a bishopric at Melun. He sent a representative to the council of Orleans on 23 June 533, and was present at the council of Orléans on 7 May 538. He died in 541. Fisquet, p. 10-11, no. 16. Duchesne, p. 415-416, no. 16. Charles De Clercq, Concilia Galliae, A. 511 – A. 695, (in Latin), (Turnholt: Brepols 1963), p. 103 ("Orbatus presbiter pro Leone episcopo subscripsit."), p. 127.
57. Bishop Constitutus attended the Fifth Council of Orléans on 28 October 549; the 2nd council of Paris in 552; and the council of Paris, held on 11 September 573. Fisquet, p. 11, no. 19. Duchesne, p. 416, no. 17. De Clercq, pp. 168, 212, 214.
58. Formerly a husband and father, Bishop Anthemius was consecrated a bishop on 23 April 579. He was present at the councils of Mâcon in 581 and in 585. He was an ambassador of King Guntram tro King Clothaire in February 588, after the murder of the archbishop of Rouen. He admitted to public penance the Spaniard St. Bond and made a holy hermit from a criminal. He died on 28 April 609. Fisquet, p. 11, no. 18. Duchesne, p. 416, no. 18. De Clercq, pp. 229 ("Artemius episcopus ecclesiae Senonice constitutionem nostram subscripsi."), p. 248.
59. Lupus (Lou, or Leu, born c. 573) was a nephew of a bishop of Auxerre and a bishop of Orléans, son of Betto of the royal house of Burgundy and Austregilde (founder of the monastery of Ste-Colombe and perhaps the monastery of Ferrières in the Gâtinais; some historians, however, believe it to have been founded under Clovis. He received from the king authorization to coin money in his diocese. Lupus died on 1 September 623. Fisquet, pp. 12-13, no. 19. Duchesne, p. 416, no. 19.
60. Bishop Mederius took oart in the council of Clichy (Clippiacense) in 627. Duchesne, p. 416, no. 19. De Clercq, p. 296 ("Ex ciuitate Senonus Mederius episcopus").
61. Gondelbertus' episcopate is documented only by traditions of Senones Abbey dating from the 11th century. His name does not appear in any of the episcopal lists. A. Fournier, "Le fondateur de l'abbaye de Senones," (in French), in: Annales de l'Est vol. 8 (1894), pp. 417-424. Duchesne, pp. 396, 397, 399.
62. Armentarius participated in the council of Chalon-sur-Saône (Cabilonense) between 647 and 650. He subscribed a privilege granted by King Clovis II on 22 June 654. Fisquet, p. 14, no. 24. Duchesne, p. 416, no. 23. De Clercq, p. 308 ("Armentarius episcopus ecclesiae Soenonice his constitutionibus subscripsi.").
63. Around late 668, Emmon received the monk Hadrian, sent to England with Archbishop Theodore. Duchesne, p. 416-417, no. 25.
64. Amé was exiled to Péronne by Ebroin. Fisquet, p. 15. His name, Amatus, is excluded by Duchesne, p. 398, as having been introduced to the episcopal lists in the 10th century. He was actually Bishop of Sion: Besse, p. 5, note 3.
65. Wulfram, a monk of Fontenelle, became bishop of Sens in 692. He soon left the See of Sens, in 695, to evangelize Frisia, which was a failure. He returned to the monastery of Fontanelle, and died there, on 20 March 720. Fisquet, pp. 16-17, no. 27. Duchesne, p. 417, no. 27.
66. He is also known as Goéric, Géry and Juéry. bishop c. 696. The first to be called archbishop. Fisquet, p. 17, no. 28. Duchesne, p. 417, no. 28.
67. (711, 731)Ebbo had been Abbot of St-Pierre le Vif; he was archbishop before 711, in 731 he placed himself at the head of his people to compel the Saracens to lift the siege of Sens. Fisquet, p. 17-18, no. 29. Duchesne, p. 417-418, no. 29.
68. Ardobert: Duchesne, p. 418, no. 31.
69. Hartbert is named in the acts of the Council of Soissons (March 744). Costambeys, Marios (Sep 2004). "Abel (fl. 744–747)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Jan 2010, online ed.). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
70. Lupus: Duchesne, p. 418, no. 32.
71. Magnus was a former court chaplain of Charlemagne; bishop before 802 and author of a handbook of legislation he used when traveling as missus dominicus (royal agent for Charlemagne); died after 817
72. Archbishop Jeremias was ambassador at Rome of Louis the Pious in the affair of the Iconoclasts. He died in 828.
73. Alderic had been Abbot of Ferrières; consecrated Abbot of St. Maur des Fosses at Paris in 832
74. Archbishop Wenilo (Venilon) anointed Charles the Bald on 6 June 843 at the cathedral of Orléans, to the detriment of the archbishopric of Reims; his chorepiscopus (auxiliary bishop) was Audradus Modicus, author of theological writings including the poem "De Fonte Vitae" (dedicated to Hincmar) and the Book of Revelations, in which he sought to end the rift between Louis the Pious' sons. In 859 Charles the Bald accused Vénilon at the Council of Savonnières of having betrayed him; the matter resolved itself, but Vénilon was still considered guilty; the name of the traitor Ganelon (in the Chanson de Roland) is a corruption of Vénilon.
75. At the death of Emperor Louis II, Archbishop Ansegisus negotiated at Rome for Charles the Bald, bringing the letter of Pope John VIII inviting Charles to receive the imperial crown. Ansegisus was named by John VIII primate of the Gauls and Germania and vicar of the Holy See for France and Germany, and at the Council of Ponthion, was installed above the other metropolitans despite the Hincmar's opposition. In 880, he anointed Louis the Younger and Carloman II in the abbey of Ferrières. During the time of archbishop Ansegisus, while the See of Sens exercised primacy, a cleric compiled the Ecclesiastical Annals of Sens (French: Gestes des Archevêques de Sens), a history of the first two French dynasties.
76. Archbishop Walter (Vaulter, Gauthier) anointed Eudes in 888, Robert I in July 922, and Rudolph of France on 13 July 923 in the Church of St-Médard at Soissons; he inherited from his uncle Vaultier (Bishop of Orléans) a sacramentary composed between 855 and 873 for the Abbey of St-Amand at Puelle. This document (which he gave to the church of Sens) is an example of Carolingian art and is now in the National Library of Sweden. Fisquet, p. 30-32, no. 47.
77. Gauthier II: Fisquet, p. 32, no. 48.
78. Archbishop Sevinus presided at the Council of St-Basle, and incurred the disfavour of Hugh Capet by his opposition to the deposition of Arnoul.
79. Leotheric had been Treasurer of the Church of Sens. He received confirmation of his election, which was contested by Count Fromont of Sens on behalf of his son, from Pope Sylvester II, one of his former teachers. Fisquet, pp. 37-39.
80. Gilduin was deposed for simony by Pope Leo IX at the Council of Reims. The second half of the 11th century saw a decline in prestige for the Diocese of Sens. Fisquet, pp. 39-40.
81. Mainardus: Fisquet, pp. 40-41.
82. , Pope Gregory VII confirmed the primatial authority of Lyon, and subordinated the province of Sens to Lyon. Richerius died without having accepted this decision.
83. Daimbert had been archdeacon of Sens. He was elected by the Chapter in January 1097. but Bishop Ivo of Chartres refused to consecrate him because his election had been disorderly. Archbishop Hugues of Lyon approved of Ivo's action, but agreed to authorize Daimbert's consecration if he would agree to recognize the primacy of Lyon over Sens. Daimbert refused, and went to Rome, where he was consecrated by {{Pope Urban II]] in March 1098, after giving the pope the assurance that he recognized the primacy of Lyons. He attended the council of Fleury in 1110, and the council of Beauvais in 1114. In 1115 and again in 1119, he attended councils at Reims. He died on 28 November 1122. Fisquet, pp. 43-44.
84. Archbishop Sanglier caused the condemnation by a council in 1140 of certain propositions of Abelard. The see regained some prestige.
85. De Toucy crowned Constance (wife of King Louis VII) at Orléans in 1152 despite protests by the Archbishop of Reims; during de Toucy's episcopate Pope Alexander III (driven from Rome) installed the pontifical court at Sens for 18 months, on the advice of the bishops.
86. Guillaume was the son of Thibaud II, Count of Champagne, uncle of king Philip Augustus and first cousin of Henry II of France, who in 1172 in the name of Pope Alexander III placed the Kingdom of England under an interdict and in 1176 became Archbishop of Reims. Fisquet, pp. 48-51.
87. Guy de Noyers: Fisquet, pp. 51-52.
88. Michel was consecrated a bishop on 24 April 1194. He combated the Manichaean sect of poplicains, against whom he held the council of Sens in 1198. He died on 28 November 1999. Fisquet, pp. 52-55.
89. , who had been professor of theology to Pope Innocent III. Peter was appointed by Pope Innocent III in December 1200, after an election by the cathedral Chapter had been voided. He died on 3 June 1222. Eubel, Hierarchia catholica I, p. 447.
90. Bishop Gauthier died on 20 April 1241. Eubel I, p. 447.
91. On the death of Archbishop Gauthier, the Chapter of Sens engaged in a divided election; some wanted the archbishop of Tours, Juhellus de Mathefelon, others wanted Gilo Cornuti, archdeacon of Sens and chaplain of Cardinal Jacques de Pecoraria. Appeal was made to the pope, but Gregory IX died in August 1241, Celestine IV died after 16 days as pope in November 1241, and Pope Innocent IV was not elected until 25 June 1243. He appointed a committee of three regional prelates to investigate the election. Ultimately, the election was voided and Innocent appointed Gilles Cornu on 17 April 1244. Gilles died in February 1254. Élie Berger, Les registres d'Innocent IV (in Latin), Vol. 1 (Paris: E. Thorin 1884), pp. 107-108, no. 624. Eubel I, p. 447, 503.
92. Henri Cornu was archdeacon of Chartres and a canon of Sens, as well as bishop-elect of Nevers. His election to the archbishopric of Sens was confirmed by Pope Innocent IV on 14 May 1254. He died on 21 October 1257. Élie Berger, Les registres d'Innocent IV (in Latin), Vol. 3 (Paris: E. Thorin-A. Fontemoing 1897), p. 422, no. 7562. Eubel I, p. 447.
93. Guillaume de Brosse: Eubel I, p. 447.
94. Philippe Leportier had been bishop of Cambrai (1306–1309); his successor was transferred to Cambrai on 29 July 1309. He was transferred to Sens by Pope John XXII on 1 October 1309, but was not granted his bulls of institution until 14 May 1311. He died in December 1316. Eubel I, pp. 160, 447 with note 6.
95. Guillaume was a canon of Sens. He was also Inquisitor of France. Eubel I, p. 447-448.
96. Bishop Guillaume erected at one of the doorways of the cathedral of Sens an equestrian statue of Philip VI of Valois to perpetuate the remembrance of the victory won by the clergy over the pretensions of Pierre de Cugnières
97. Philippe de Melun: Eubel I, p. 448.
98. Guillaume de Melun with King John II was taken prisoner by the English at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356
99. Ademar had been Bishop of Lisieux (1359–1368), Bishop of Arras (1368–1371), and then of Terouane (Morinensis) (1371–1376). He died on 25 January 1385. Eubel I, pp. 304, 351, 448.
100. Gonterus had been Bishop of Le Mans (1367–1385). He was appointed archbishop of Sens by Pope Clement VII on 8 February 1385. He died on 19 July in the same year. Eubel I, pp. 181, 448.
101. Jean de Montaigu had been Bishop of Chartres (1390–1406. He was killed at the battle of Agincourt. William W. Kibler, Medieval France: An Encyclopedia (New York-London: Garland 1995), pp. 1195-1196. Juliet Barker, Agincourt: Henry V and the Battle That Made England, (Little, Brown and Co., 2005), Eubel I, p. 107.
102. At Troyes in 1420, Archbishop Henri the marriage of Henry V of England and Catherine of France.
103. Jean Nanton died on 30 June 1432. Eubel, Hierarchia catholica II, p. 235.
104. Louis de Melun had been archdeacon of Sens. He was appointed archbishop on 14 October 1432. Eubel II, p. 235.
105. Tristan, who held a licenciate in law, had been Bishop of Meaux (1473–1475). Archbishop Tristan de Salazar negotiated the first treaty of alliance between France and Switzerland. He celebrated provincial synods in 1485 and in 1511. Eubel II, pp. 189, 235.
106. Nicolas de Pellevé: Jean, p. 364, no. 95.
107. Renaud de Beaune was appointed by Henry IV of France on 26 May 1594, but lacked papal approval from Clement VIII. He obtained his papal bulls in 1602. He died in Paris on 27 September 1606. Jean, p. 364, no. 96. Gauchat, Hierarchia catholica IV, p. 313 with note 2.
108. Jacques Davy du Perron's father was a physician, who embraced Calvinism and fled to Berne, where he became a pastor. Jean, p. 364-365, no. 97. Gauchat, Hierarchia catholica IV, p. 313 with note 3. Joseph Bergin, The Making of the French Episcopate, 1589–1661 (New Haven-London: Yale UP 1996), pp. 206, 615.
109. Jean du Perron was the younger brother of Cardinal Duperron. He was only a cleric when made coadjutor-archbishop of Sens on 10 October 1617, for which he was consecrateed a bishop on 22 July 1618. He became archbishop on 5 September 1618. He died on 24 October 1621. Gauchat, Hierarchia catholica IV, p. 313 with note 4. Bergin, pp. 206, 615.
110. Bellegarde: Jean, pp. 365, no. 99. Gauchat, Hierarchia catholica IV, p. 313 with note 5. Bergin, p. 572.
111. Gondrin was underage when appointed by King Louis XIV, on the procuration of Archbishop de Bellegarde, his uncle. Gondrin's niece was Mme. de Montespan. Jean, pp. 365, no. 100. G. Dubois, Henri de Pardailhan de Gondrin, archevêque de Sens (1646-1674), (Paris, 1902). Gauchat, Hierarchia catholica IV, p. 313 with note 6. Bergin, p. 633.
112. Montpezat: Jean, p. 366, no. 101. Bergin, p. 675.
113. La Hoguette: Jean, p. 366, no. 102.
114. Chavigny: Jean, p. 366, no. 103.
115. (first biographer of Marie Alacoque and member of the French Academy). Jean, pp. 366-367, no. 104.
116. (Cardinal de Luynes after 1756 and member of the French Academy). Jean, p. 367, no. 105.
117. Loménie leld a licenciate in Canon Law, and had been vicar-general of Sens. He had been Bishop of Condom (1760–1763), and then Archbishop of Toulouse (1763–1788). He was confirmed as Archbishop of Sens by Pope Pius VI on 10 March 1788. He was Minister of Louis XVI, and named cardinal on 15 December 1788, procuring a coadjutor in the person of his nephew, Pierre de Loménie. During the French Revolution he swore the oath to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy but refused to consecrate the first constitutional bishops, returned to the pope his cardinal's hat, refused to become constitutional Bishop of Toulouse, was twice imprisoned by the Jacobins of Sens and died in prison of apoplexy, under sentence of death. Jean, pp. 367-368. Pisani, pp. 82-84. Joseph Perrin, Le cardinal de Loménie de Brienne, archevèque de Sens: ses dernières années.--Episodes de la Révolution, (in French), Sens: P. Duchemin, 1896. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, pp. 178 with note 4; 376 with note 5; 405 with note 5; 412 with note 5.
118. De La Fare took possession of the diocese of Sens, by procurator, on 31 October 1821. Chartraire, Cartulaire du Chapitre de Sens, pp. 284-285, no. 305.
119. Cosnac: Fisquet, pp. 173-183.
120. Jolly had been Bishop of Séez (1836–1844). He was nominated to Sens by King Louis-Philippe of France on 23 November 1843, and transferred to the archdiocese of Sens by Pope Gregory XVI on 25 January 1844. He resigned the diocese on 18 March 1867, and died on 22 April 1872. Fisquet, pp. 183-185. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VII, pp. 329-342.

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Acknowledgment

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Sens". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

External links

• Sens at the Catholic Encyclopedia

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