Joseph ( Joseph ) ( Latin Ioseph , Fr. Joseph ; died in 846 ) - Bishop Evreux (815-846), Abbot of Fontenel (833-834 and 841).
Joseph | ||
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lat Ioseph | ||
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815 - 846 | ||
Predecessor | Uen i | |
Successor | Guntbert | |
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833 - 834 | ||
Predecessor | Ansegiz | |
Successor | Fulk | |
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841 | ||
Predecessor | Fulk | |
Successor | Gerimbert | |
Death | 846 |
Biography
The date of receipt by Joseph of the dignity of the bishop is traditionally considered to be 815 year [1] . The succession of the heads of the Diocese of Evreux at the end of the VIII - the beginning of the IX century is not precisely established. Medieval bishop catalogs indicate that there was only one bishop, Uen I, who was not known about anything except the name, between St. Gherwold , who left the local pulpit in 788. [2] However, the 794-year-old acts of the Frankfurt Council reported on a certain Herbaud (or Herold) [3] , whom some historians also consider to be the Bishop of Evreux [4] .
Very little is known about the activities of Joseph as a bishop. Much more information is preserved about him as the abbot of the Fontenelski monastery. According to the “ Acts of the Abbots of Fontenel ”, on September 27, 833, after the death of St. Ansegiz , Joseph forcibly seized power in the monastery and held it until May 12, 834, when he was deprived of the rank of abbot and replaced by Fulk [5] . Joseph of Fontenelle Abbey is supposed to receive his support for Lothair I during the revolt of the sons of Emperor Louis I the Pious [1] .
Joseph’s close relationship with Emperor Lothar I is confirmed by the participation of Bishop Evreux in August 840 in the church council in Ingelheim , where, at the request of this ruler, the restoration of Ebbon was approved at the department of the Reims archdiocese [6] .
After the death of Abbot Fulka in 841, Joseph managed to regain his power over Fontenel Abbey. This is known from the Fontenelle Chronicle , an anonymous author of which reports that on February 26 of this year he was ordained a monk as head of the Diocese of Evreux, who was then the abbot of this monastery [7] . In the record of this event, Joseph is named the archbishop, whom he, in fact, never was [2] . It is assumed that, endowing Joseph with this rank, the author of the Fontenel Chronicle wanted to point out the seniority of the head of the Diocese of Evreux among other suffragans of the Rouen metropolis [8] . It is possible that Joseph’s re-acquisition of Abbot Fontenel also had a violent character, since the modern events of the “Acts of the Abbots of Fontenel” call Fulk the successor not of Bishop Evreux, but of Herimbert [9] .
Bishop Joseph died in 846. His successor in the department of Evreux was Guntbert [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Fisquet MH La France Pontificale. Métropole de Rouen. Évreux . - Paris: E. Repos, Libraire-Éditeur, 1864. - P. 156.
- ↑ 1 2 Duchesne L. Fastes épiscopaux de l'Ancienne Gaule. T. ii. L'Aquitaine et les Lyonnaisses . - Paris: Fontemoing et C, Éditeurs, 1910. - P. 229. - 480 p.
- ↑ Capitulare Francofurtense . - Monumenta Germaniae Historica . Concilia II, 1. Concilia aevi Karolini. Pars 1. - Hannover & Leipzig: Impensis Bibliopolii Hahniani, 1906. - P. 167. - 466 p.
- ↑ Gerwold . - Orthodox encyclopedia . - M .: Church-Scientific Center "Orthodox Encyclopedia", 2006. - T. XI. - p. 195. - 752 p. - ISBN 5-89572-017-X .
- ↑ The Acts of the Abbots of Fontenelle (Chapter 18).
- ↑ Concilium Ingelheimense . - Monumenta Germaniae Historica. Concilia II, 1. Concilia aevi Karolini. Pars 2. - Hannover & Leipzig: Impensis Bibliopolii Hahniani, 1908. - P. 793. - 1015 p.
- ↑ Fontenel Chronicle (year 841).
- ↑ Chassant MA, Sauvage G.-E. Histoire des évêques d'Évreux . - Évreux: Imprimé par Louis Tavernier et C, 1846. - P. 26. - 208 p.
- ↑ The Acts of the Abbots of Fontenelle (chap. 19).