Eudes de Sully

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Eudes de Sully[1] (died 1208) was bishop of Paris, from 1198 to 1208.

He came into conflict with the French king, Philip Augustus, over Philip's intended repudiation of his wife[2].

He continued the building work on Notre Dame de Paris. He is considered the first to have emphasized the elevation of the Host during the Catholic Mass[3]. He in 1175 forbade communion for children[4]. Odo's decree on custody of reserved hosts, requiring a "clean pyx" was influential in England.

In surviving decrees, he as bishop is seen addressing a number of social matters. He attempted to regulate celebrations in his cathedral[5], Christmas[6] and the Feast of Fools[7]. He also tried to ban chess[8].

He is known too for his promotion of polyphony in church, and the music of Pérotin.[9].

He was a founder of the abbey that became Port-Royal[10].

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[edit] Family

His brother Henry de Sully was archbishop of Bourges. Their father, also Eudes of Sully, was son of Guillaume de Blois[11].

His predecessor, Maurice de Sully, was not a close family connection.

[edit] Sources

Eudes' synodal decrees appear in volume 22 of Giovanni Domenico Mansi's Sacrorum conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio , 53 vols., Graz : Akademische Druck- u. Verlangsanstalt, 1961.

  • Cheney, C. R., English Synodalia, London, Oxford University Press, 1968.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Odo of Sully, Odo de Sully, Odon de Sully.
  2. ^ Catholic Encyclopedia: Paris
  3. ^ CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Elevation
  4. ^ History Of The Christian Church*
  5. ^ PDF, p. 174, against mummers, maskers and excessive bell-ringing.
  6. ^ Ensemble Anonymus — Tempus Festorum
  7. ^ CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Feast of Fools
  8. ^ Chess - LoveToKnow 1911
  9. ^ [1], in French, 1198.
  10. ^ PDF
  11. ^ Central France

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