Azon the Venerable

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Azon the Venerable
Bishop of Séez
Died1006
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church

Azonthe Venerable [1] (Atso or Azo [2] ) [3] was a prelate of the late 10th and early 11th century.

Under his rule the episcopal seat of Sées is restored after more than half a century of vacancy, following the destruction of the Carolingian cathedral and the enslavement by the Vikings of his bishop Adelin. This recovery is linked to the ecclesiastical normalization undertaken by the Duke of Normandy Richard Ist. [4] During his episcopate, Azon raised the ruins of Sees Cathedral around 986, using stones from the fortifications of the city [5] [6] ) the Venerable [7] [ clarification needed ] This cathedral will be burned by Yves de Bellême in 1047 to dislodge brigands knights. [8]

In 990 he attended the dedication of the abbey church of Fécamp [9] and the assembly held there in 1006. [10]

Azon died in 1006. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ Christine Olde-Choukair, L’Architecture normande au Moyen Âge : regards sur l’art de bâtir, t. 1, Luneray, Éditions Charles Corlet; Presses Universitaires de Caen, 2001, 2e éd. ( ISBN   2-84133-135-0 et 2-85480-949-1), « Le chœur de la cathédrale de Sées et l'influence du style rayonnant », p. 159-173.
  2. ↑ Pierre Bouet et François Neveux, Les Évêques normands du XIe siècle : Colloque de Cerisy-la-Salle (30 septembre - 3 octobre 1993), Caen, Presses universitaires de Caen, 1995, 330 p. ( ISBN   2-84133-021-4), « Les évêques normands de 985 à 1150 », p. 19-35.
  3. ↑ Christine Olde-Choukair, L’Architecture normande au Moyen Âge : regards sur l’art de bâtir, t. 1, Luneray, Éditions Charles Corlet; Presses Universitaires de Caen, 2001, 2e éd. ( ISBN   2-84133-135-0 et 2-85480-949-1), « Le chœur de la cathédrale de Sées et l'influence du style rayonnant », p. 159-173.
  4. ↑ Pierre Desportes, Jean-Pascal Foucher, Françoise Loddé et Laurent Vallière (préf. Hélène Millet), Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae 9 Diocèse de Sées : Répertoire prosopographique des évêques, dignitaires et chanoines des diocèses de France de 1200 à 1500, Turnhout, Brepols, 2005, 193 p. ( ISBN   2-503-51823-0), « Notice institutionnelle : Le siège épiscopal », p. 6.
  5. ↑ David Douglas (trad. Marie-Liliane de Bouard), « Les évêques de Normandie (1035-1066) », Annales de Normandie, mai 1958, p. 87-102.
  6. ↑ Pierre Bouet et François Neveux, Les Évêques normands du XIe siècle : Colloque de Cerisy-la-Salle (30 septembre - 3 octobre 1993), Caen, Presses universitaires de Caen, 1995, 330 p. ( ISBN   2-84133-021-4), « Les évêques normands de 985 à 1150 », p. 19-35.
  7. ↑ Christine Olde-Choukair, L’Architecture normande au Moyen Âge : regards sur l’art de bâtir, t. 1, Luneray, Éditions Charles Corlet; Presses Universitaires de Caen, 2001, 2e éd. ( ISBN   2-84133-135-0 et 2-85480-949-1), « Le chœur de la cathédrale de Sées et l'influence du style rayonnant », p. 159-173.
  8. ↑ Christine Olde-Choukair, L’Architecture normande au Moyen Âge : regards sur l’art de bâtir, t. 1, Luneray, Éditions Charles Corlet; Presses Universitaires de Caen, 2001, 2e éd. ( ISBN   2-84133-135-0 et 2-85480-949-1), « Le chœur de la cathédrale de Sées et l'influence du style rayonnant », p. 159-173.
  9. ↑ Pierre Bouet et François Neveux, Les Évêques normands du XIe siècle : Colloque de Cerisy-la-Salle (30 septembre - 3 octobre 1993), Caen, Presses universitaires de Caen, 1995, 330 p. ( ISBN   2-84133-021-4), « Les évêques normands de 985 à 1150 », p. 19-35.
  10. ↑ Notice abrégée sur les évêques de Séez, Jules Valin, Sées, 1844.
  11. ↑ Pierre Bouet et François Neveux, Les Évêques normands du XIe siècle : Colloque de Cerisy-la-Salle (30 septembre - 3 octobre 1993), Caen, Presses universitaires de Caen, 1995, 330 p. ( ISBN   2-84133-021-4), « Les évêques normands de 985 à 1150 », p. 19-35.
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