Guichard of Pontigny

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Guichard, also known under the name of Guichard of Pontigny (died in Lyon on 27 September 1181) [1] was a French churchman, Archbishop of Lyon from 1165. [2] [3] [4]

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Born in the early twelfth century, he became a Cistercian monk and abbot of Pontigny in 1137. It welcomes Thomas Becket in 1164. King Louis VII of France and Pope Alexander III dictate as Archbishop of Lyon in 1165 against Dreux de Beauvoir (near Frederick Barbarossa), after two years of struggle. [5] [6] [7]

In 1167, he passed a preliminary agreement with the Count Guy II of Forez canceling the provisions of Frederick Barbarossa, restoring his rights to the count of the city of Lyon and bringing peace to the region. The count gave thereafter all its rights over Lyon and the Lyonnais to the archbishop by the permutation of 1173, confirmed by a bull of Pope Alexander III the following year.

He undertook the construction of the new cathedral of Lyon [8] and construction of large cloister. He also encouraged the restoration of the abbey of Saint-Pierre-Les-Nonnains. [9]

He urged the Count of Forez to compensate the abbey Ainay for the destruction it had caused its dependencies during conflict. [9]

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References

  1. Waast B. Henry (Histoire de l'Abbaye de Pontigny ; p. 50) (1839) indique que selon le Livre des obits de l'abbaye de Pontigny, lieu où il est inhumé, il serait mort le 14 juillet 1189
  2. Bruno Galland, Deux archevêchés entre la France et l'Empire : les archevêques de Lyon et les archevêques de Vienne, du milieu du XIIe siècle au milieu du XIVe siècle, Paris, 1994 (Bibliothèque des écoles françaises d'Athènes et de Rome, no 282).
  3. David M. Cheney, Archdiocese of Lyon at catholic-hierarchy.org.
  4. Lyon at GCatholic.org.
  5. Ouvrage collectif, Histoire de Lyon, des origines à nos jours, Éditions lyonnaises d'art et d'histoire, 2007, p. 185.
  6. "C'est une lettre de Thomas Becket à Louis VII qui nous l'apprend" in: Rubellin 2003 , p. 485
  7. Thomas Archiepiscopus Cantuarensis ad Ludovicium Francorum Regem", J.-C. ROBERTSON & J.-B. SHEPPARD, Materials for The History of Thomas Becket, T. V, p. 199-200.
  8. Ouvrage collectif, Histoire de Lyon, des origines à nos jours, Éditions lyonnaises d'art et d'histoire, 2007, p. 178.
  9. 1 2 Rubellin 2003, p. 491.

Bibliography

  • Rubellin, M. (2003). Église et société chrétienne d'Agobard à Valdès (in French). PUL.