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Roman Catholic Diocese of Bethléem à Clamecy

January 28, 2023

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bethléem à Clamecy was a crusader bishopric in residential exile with see at Clamecy, Nièvre in Burgundy, eastern France, made exempt (i.e. directly subject to the Holy see, not part of any (French) ecclesiastical province).

History

The Roman Catholic Bishop of the crusader diocese of Bethlehem, in the Holy Land, was favored by William IV, the Count of Nevers who died in Bethlehem as crusader, and inherited from him land near Clamecy (notably the hamlet Pantehenor), where a hospice (Maison-Dieu, a clergy-run hospital) had been established. In 1223, after the 1187 fall of the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem in Palestine to Ayyubid Sultan Saladin, the Bishop Rainiero (a Cistercian) took residence in Clamecy.

Although the see was never granted membership in the French States-General (arguably being an 'overseas' see), the cathedral was the formal seat of the Diocese of Bethlehem in partibus infidelium (or Bethléem à/les Clamecy) from 1223. Several of its bishops didn't actually reside in their tiny Burgundian bishopric (just Panthenor, the hospice and the chapel plus some revenues), taking up clerical offices elsewhere, as Auxiliary bishop or vicar general in larger (French) (arch)dioceses.

The Dominican Guillaume (instated 1331) probably was the last incumbent of Bethlehem to set foot in his 'original' Palestinian diocese, where he hoped to restore the basilica (raising significant funds) and may have died (1346?47).

During the long-standing Papal schism (from 1378), Clamecy had two rivaling series of Bishops from 1379 to 1422 : those loyal to Rome, hence canonical, but in Italian (double) exile, where they could only collect revenues from the see's Italian possessions, and schismatical pretenders, who however took actual possession in (after all French) Burgundy in the name of Antipopes at Avignon (Clement VII and Benedict XIII) or Pisa (Alexander V and John XXIII).

In 1413, King Charles VI of France agreed the see should have the same privileges as all residential French bishoprics, but his clergy kept arguing Clamecy was 'only' a titular see in partibus infidelium, even after the regular legal and canonical nomination by the crown and the Holy see was clearly covered by the Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges from 1438 and by the Concordat of Bologna (1516), after which the king delegated his nomination for Clamecy to the Duchy of Nevers. Especially the Diocese of Auxerre and other neighbor sees kept contesting Clamecy's spiritual and canonical jurisdiction, and of course its benefices, seeking recourse in lawsuits, notably with the (regional) parliament (feudal appellate court) on 22 February 1674 and the general assembly of the French clergy on 27 August 1770.

In the second half of the 16th century, they see remained vacant as the nominees of the Dukes of Nevers (by royal delegation) were refused papal confirmation.

The Bishopric of Bethlehem(-Ascalon) in the Holy Land was nominally restored (a first time) in 1462(?), existing as a Latin Catholic titular bishopric alongside the residential Clamecy until its suppression in 1603(?).

In 1790, the Diocese of Bethléem à Clamecy was abolished as a residential see during the French Revolution (later affirmed by the Napoleonic Concordat of 1801), its territory being merged on 29 November into the Diocese of Autun. Presently it is part of the Archdiocese of Sens.

The Bishopric of Bethlehem(-Ascalon) in the Holy Land was nominally restored again on 3 July 1840 by Pope Gregory XVI as a Latin Catholic titular bishopric and this time give the Apostolic succession of the Burgundian Bethlehem; its title was however vested in the Territorial Abbots Ordinaries of the Territorial Abbacy of Saint-Maurice d’Agaune (the sole abbey of the Swiss Congregation of Canons Regular of St. Maurice's Abbey in Switzerland) held the title of Bishop of Bethlehem in personal union from 1840.07.03 until 1970; it has been vacant since 1987.

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Roman rite)

Suffragan Bishops of Bethléem à Clamecy
  • Geoffroi de Perfectis (1224 – 1247?)
  • Thomas Agni da Cosenza, Dominican Order (O.P.) (1258 – 1263), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cosenza (Italy) (1267.04.18 – 1272.03.17), Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem (Palestine) (1272.03.17 – death 1277.09.22)
  • Galhard d’Oursault (1263? – 1275?)
  • Hugues de Curtis (Ugo), O.P. (1279 – 1296?), previously Bishop of Troia (Italy) (1278 – 1279)
  • Durand (? – ?)
  • Gérard de Gisors (? – death 1300)
  • Wulfran d’Abbeville (1301 – 1316), vicar general in the Archdiocese of Rouen
  • Jean d’Egglescliff (Eglesfield) (1317 – ?)
  • Pierre (Pietro), O.P. (1347.11.05 – death 1355?), previously Bishop of Segni (Italy) (1346.06.26 – 1347.11.05)
  • Adhémar Fabri de La Roche, O.P. (1363.11.13 – 1378.11.10), vicar general in the Diocese of Geneva; next Bishop of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux (France) (1378.11.10 – 1385.07.12), Bishop of Geneva (Genève, Switzerland) (1385.07.12 – death 1388.10.08)
  • Giuliano (1379? – 1380)
    • uncanonical [i.e. obedient to an Antipope in Avignon (or Pisa), not to Rome] Guillaume de Vallan, O.P. (1379.07.13 – 1388.12.02), later canonical Bishop of Évreux (Normandy, France) (1388.12.02 – death 1400.04.23)
  • Giovanni Salvucci di Fucecchio, Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1380.10.29 – 1383.10.09), next Bishop of Lucca (Italy) (1383.10.09 – death 1393.09.24)
  • William Bottlesham (1383 – 1385.12.02), next Bishop of Llandaff (Wales) (1385.12.02 – 1389.08.27), Bishop of Rochester (England) (1389.08.27 – death 1400.02)
  • Lanfranc (1385.12.12 – 1409?)
    • uncanonical Guillaume de Martelet (1388.12.02 – death 1402)
    • uncanonical Gerardo di Bisarchio (Gérard de Gisors), Carmelite Order (O. Carm.) (1402.08.28 – death 1403), previously uncanonical Bishop of Ottana (Sardinia, Italy) (1390.11.21 – 1402.08.28)
    • uncanonical Jean Lami (1403.07.30 – 1408.02.27), next ?canonical Bishop of Sarlat (France) (1408.02.27 – death 1410.10.15)
    • uncanonical Gérard (1408.02.27 – death 1410)
    • uncanonical Michel le Doyen, O.F.M. (1411.07.15 – ?)
    • uncanonical Jean Marchand, O.P. (1412.09.19 – death 1422.12.11)
  • Laurent Pignon, O.P. (1423.03.05 – 1428), next Bishop of Auxerre (France) (1433 – 1449)
  • Jean de La Roche, O.F.M. (1428.12.03 – 1433.09.19), next Bishop of Cavaillon (1433.09.19 – death 1436)
  • Dominique, O.F.M. (1433.09.24 – death 1436)
  • Arnoul-Guillaume de Limonne, O. Carm. (1436.11.26 – death 1457)
  • Étienne Pilerand, O.F.M. (1457.10.07 – 1463)
  • Antoine Buisson, O. Carm. (1463.10.08 – death 1477?), previously Titular Bishop of Hippo Zarytus (1460.02.13 – 1463.10.08), Auxiliary bishop in the Diocese of Autun
  • Jean Pilory Bilar, O.P. (1477.09.18 – 1482?), Auxiliary bishop in the Diocese of Amiens (Picardy)
  • Bertrand d’Audigier or Albergey (Albigey) (1483? – 1486?), vicar general in the Diocese of Mende and Auxiliary bishop in the Diocese of Clermont
  • Pierre de Saint-Maximin (1489 – 1492)
  • Hubert Léonard, O. Carm. (1489.07.06 – retired 1492.12.03), Auxiliary bishop in the Diocese of Liège (a 'German' prince-bishopric based in present Belgium); previously Titular Bishop of Dara (1474.11.16 – 1489.07.06); emeritate again as Titular Bishop of Dara (1492.12.03 – ?)
  • Jacques Héméré (1492.12.03 – ?)
  • Jean L’Apôtre, Augustinian Order (O.E.S.A.) (1497.02.22 – death 1499)
  • Antoine Coinel (1499.08.23 – death 1512)
  • Martin Bailleux, O.F.M. (1513.06.22 – death 1524), previously Bishop of Arcadia (? – 1513.06.22)
  • Philibert de Beaujeu, Benedictine Order (O.S.B.) (1524.08.17 – death 1555?), Auxiliary bishop in the Diocese of Auxerre
  • Tommaso Albizi, O.P. (1525.02.10 – ?), previously Bishop of Cagli (Italy) (1513 – 1524)
  • Alonso Cristóbal Arguellada (born Spain) (1550.07.04 – 1572), previously Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Jaén (Spain) (1550.07.04 – 1558); later Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Sigüenza (Spain) (1558 – death1572)
  • Father Dominique Flélin (1556.02.10 – 1558 not possessed)
  • Urbain Reversy (1560.09.04 – death 1560)
  • Father Antoine Trusson, O.E.S.A. (1560.12.05 – 1568 not possessed)
  • Father Charles Bourbonnat, O.E.S.A. (1568.09.10 – death 1583 not possessed)
  • Father Simon Jourdain, O.E.S.A. (1583? – death 1587? not possessed)
  • Louis de Clèves, O.S.B. (1605.08.03 – death 1609.03)
  • Jean de Cléves, Augustinian Canons Regular (C.R.S.A.) (1611.05.02 – death 1619.10.09)
  • André de Sauzéa (1623.10.23 – death 1644.04.03)
  • Jean François de Bontemps (1644.04.12 – death 1650.06.19)
  • Christophe d’Autier de Sisgau (1651.02.27 – retired 1663.10), died 1667
  • François de Batailler (1664.04.28 – death 1701.06.20)
  • Chérubin-Louis Le Bel, Recollect Franciscans (O.F.M. Rec.) (1713.12.11 – death 1738.10.08)
  • Louis-Bernard de La Taste, O.S.B. (1739.02.23 – death 1754.04.22)
  • Charles-Marie de Quélen (1754.12.16 – death 1777.04.21)
  • François-Camille de Duranti de Lironcourt (1777.08.30 – death 1801).

Cathedral

Its cathedral episcopal see (Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-Bethléem), dedicated to Our Lady of Bethlehem, now the Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bethléem, was started in the 12th as episcopal chapel and completed in the 15th century. Bishop Arnaud de Limone (1436-1457) restored the chapel of Our Lady and fitted it with a chapter of canons.

The hospital and the chapel are now a hotel and restaurant.[1] The chapel is a listed monument since 1927.[2]

The area immediately surrounding the church, on the east side of the river Yonne, is now known as Bethléem,[3] though it is within the commune of Clamecy.

See also

References

  1. ^ Auberge de la Chapelle (in French)
  2. ^ Base Mérimée: Chapelle des évêques de Bethléem (ancienne), Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  3. ^ International Herald Tribune

Sources and external links

  • GCatholic - Clamency, with Google satellite photo
  • Location
  • Nevers at the Catholic Encyclopedia
  • History of the bishopric of Bethlehem (in French)
  • GCatholic - titular see of Bethlehem
Cathedral

Coordinates: 47°27′36″N 3°31′27″E / 47.46000°N 3.52417°E / 47.46000; 3.52417

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This article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations November 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bethleem a Clamecy was a crusader bishopric in residential exile with see at Clamecy Nievre in Burgundy eastern France made exempt i e directly subject to the Holy see not part of any French ecclesiastical province Contents 1 History 2 Episcopal ordinaries 3 Cathedral 4 See also 5 References 6 Sources and external linksHistory EditThe Roman Catholic Bishop of the crusader diocese of Bethlehem in the Holy Land was favored by William IV the Count of Nevers who died in Bethlehem as crusader and inherited from him land near Clamecy notably the hamlet Pantehenor where a hospice Maison Dieu a clergy run hospital had been established In 1223 after the 1187 fall of the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem in Palestine to Ayyubid Sultan Saladin the Bishop Rainiero a Cistercian took residence in Clamecy Although the see was never granted membership in the French States General arguably being an overseas see the cathedral was the formal seat of the Diocese of Bethlehem in partibus infidelium or Bethleem a les Clamecy from 1223 Several of its bishops didn t actually reside in their tiny Burgundian bishopric just Panthenor the hospice and the chapel plus some revenues taking up clerical offices elsewhere as Auxiliary bishop or vicar general in larger French arch dioceses The Dominican Guillaume instated 1331 probably was the last incumbent of Bethlehem to set foot in his original Palestinian diocese where he hoped to restore the basilica raising significant funds and may have died 1346 47 During the long standing Papal schism from 1378 Clamecy had two rivaling series of Bishops from 1379 to 1422 those loyal to Rome hence canonical but in Italian double exile where they could only collect revenues from the see s Italian possessions and schismatical pretenders who however took actual possession in after all French Burgundy in the name of Antipopes at Avignon Clement VII and Benedict XIII or Pisa Alexander V and John XXIII In 1413 King Charles VI of France agreed the see should have the same privileges as all residential French bishoprics but his clergy kept arguing Clamecy was only a titular see in partibus infidelium even after the regular legal and canonical nomination by the crown and the Holy see was clearly covered by the Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges from 1438 and by the Concordat of Bologna 1516 after which the king delegated his nomination for Clamecy to the Duchy of Nevers Especially the Diocese of Auxerre and other neighbor sees kept contesting Clamecy s spiritual and canonical jurisdiction and of course its benefices seeking recourse in lawsuits notably with the regional parliament feudal appellate court on 22 February 1674 and the general assembly of the French clergy on 27 August 1770 In the second half of the 16th century they see remained vacant as the nominees of the Dukes of Nevers by royal delegation were refused papal confirmation The Bishopric of Bethlehem Ascalon in the Holy Land was nominally restored a first time in 1462 existing as a Latin Catholic titular bishopric alongside the residential Clamecy until its suppression in 1603 In 1790 the Diocese of Bethleem a Clamecy was abolished as a residential see during the French Revolution later affirmed by the Napoleonic Concordat of 1801 its territory being merged on 29 November into the Diocese of Autun Presently it is part of the Archdiocese of Sens The Bishopric of Bethlehem Ascalon in the Holy Land was nominally restored again on 3 July 1840 by Pope Gregory XVI as a Latin Catholic titular bishopric and this time give the Apostolic succession of the Burgundian Bethlehem its title was however vested in the Territorial Abbots Ordinaries of the Territorial Abbacy of Saint Maurice d Agaune the sole abbey of the Swiss Congregation of Canons Regular of St Maurice s Abbey in Switzerland held the title of Bishop of Bethlehem in personal union from 1840 07 03 until 1970 it has been vacant since 1987 Episcopal ordinaries Edit all Roman rite Suffragan Bishops of Bethleem a ClamecyGeoffroi de Perfectis 1224 1247 Thomas Agni da Cosenza Dominican Order O P 1258 1263 next Metropolitan Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cosenza Italy 1267 04 18 1272 03 17 Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Palestine 1272 03 17 death 1277 09 22 Galhard d Oursault 1263 1275 Hugues de Curtis Ugo O P 1279 1296 previously Bishop of Troia Italy 1278 1279 Durand Gerard de Gisors death 1300 Wulfran d Abbeville 1301 1316 vicar general in the Archdiocese of Rouen Jean d Egglescliff Eglesfield 1317 Pierre Pietro O P 1347 11 05 death 1355 previously Bishop of Segni Italy 1346 06 26 1347 11 05 Adhemar Fabri de La Roche O P 1363 11 13 1378 11 10 vicar general in the Diocese of Geneva next Bishop of Saint Paul Trois Chateaux France 1378 11 10 1385 07 12 Bishop of Geneva Geneve Switzerland 1385 07 12 death 1388 10 08 Giuliano 1379 1380 uncanonical i e obedient to an Antipope in Avignon or Pisa not to Rome Guillaume de Vallan O P 1379 07 13 1388 12 02 later canonical Bishop of Evreux Normandy France 1388 12 02 death 1400 04 23 Giovanni Salvucci di Fucecchio Friars Minor O F M 1380 10 29 1383 10 09 next Bishop of Lucca Italy 1383 10 09 death 1393 09 24 William Bottlesham 1383 1385 12 02 next Bishop of Llandaff Wales 1385 12 02 1389 08 27 Bishop of Rochester England 1389 08 27 death 1400 02 Lanfranc 1385 12 12 1409 uncanonical Guillaume de Martelet 1388 12 02 death 1402 uncanonical Gerardo di Bisarchio Gerard de Gisors Carmelite Order O Carm 1402 08 28 death 1403 previously uncanonical Bishop of Ottana Sardinia Italy 1390 11 21 1402 08 28 uncanonical Jean Lami 1403 07 30 1408 02 27 next canonical Bishop of Sarlat France 1408 02 27 death 1410 10 15 uncanonical Gerard 1408 02 27 death 1410 uncanonical Michel le Doyen O F M 1411 07 15 uncanonical Jean Marchand O P 1412 09 19 death 1422 12 11 Laurent Pignon O P 1423 03 05 1428 next Bishop of Auxerre France 1433 1449 Jean de La Roche O F M 1428 12 03 1433 09 19 next Bishop of Cavaillon 1433 09 19 death 1436 Dominique O F M 1433 09 24 death 1436 Arnoul Guillaume de Limonne O Carm 1436 11 26 death 1457 Etienne Pilerand O F M 1457 10 07 1463 Antoine Buisson O Carm 1463 10 08 death 1477 previously Titular Bishop of Hippo Zarytus 1460 02 13 1463 10 08 Auxiliary bishop in the Diocese of Autun Jean Pilory Bilar O P 1477 09 18 1482 Auxiliary bishop in the Diocese of Amiens Picardy Bertrand d Audigier or Albergey Albigey 1483 1486 vicar general in the Diocese of Mende and Auxiliary bishop in the Diocese of Clermont Pierre de Saint Maximin 1489 1492 Hubert Leonard O Carm 1489 07 06 retired 1492 12 03 Auxiliary bishop in the Diocese of Liege a German prince bishopric based in present Belgium previously Titular Bishop of Dara 1474 11 16 1489 07 06 emeritate again as Titular Bishop of Dara 1492 12 03 Jacques Hemere 1492 12 03 Jean L Apotre Augustinian Order O E S A 1497 02 22 death 1499 Antoine Coinel 1499 08 23 death 1512 Martin Bailleux O F M 1513 06 22 death 1524 previously Bishop of Arcadia 1513 06 22 Philibert de Beaujeu Benedictine Order O S B 1524 08 17 death 1555 Auxiliary bishop in the Diocese of Auxerre Tommaso Albizi O P 1525 02 10 previously Bishop of Cagli Italy 1513 1524 Alonso Cristobal Arguellada born Spain 1550 07 04 1572 previously Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Jaen Spain 1550 07 04 1558 later Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Siguenza Spain 1558 death1572 Father Dominique Flelin 1556 02 10 1558 not possessed Urbain Reversy 1560 09 04 death 1560 Father Antoine Trusson O E S A 1560 12 05 1568not possessed Father Charles Bourbonnat O E S A 1568 09 10 death 1583not possessed Father Simon Jourdain O E S A 1583 death 1587 not possessed Louis de Cleves O S B 1605 08 03 death 1609 03 Jean de Cleves Augustinian Canons Regular C R S A 1611 05 02 death 1619 10 09 Andre de Sauzea 1623 10 23 death 1644 04 03 Jean Francois de Bontemps 1644 04 12 death 1650 06 19 Christophe d Autier de Sisgau 1651 02 27 retired 1663 10 died 1667 Francois de Batailler 1664 04 28 death 1701 06 20 Cherubin Louis Le Bel Recollect Franciscans O F M Rec 1713 12 11 death 1738 10 08 Louis Bernard de La Taste O S B 1739 02 23 death 1754 04 22 Charles Marie de Quelen 1754 12 16 death 1777 04 21 Francois Camille de Duranti de Lironcourt 1777 08 30 death 1801 Cathedral EditIts cathedral episcopal see Cathedrale Notre Dame de Bethleem dedicated to Our Lady of Bethlehem now the Chapelle Notre Dame de Bethleem was started in the 12th as episcopal chapel and completed in the 15th century Bishop Arnaud de Limone 1436 1457 restored the chapel of Our Lady and fitted it with a chapter of canons The hospital and the chapel are now a hotel and restaurant 1 The chapel is a listed monument since 1927 2 The area immediately surrounding the church on the east side of the river Yonne is now known as Bethleem 3 though it is within the commune of Clamecy See also EditList of Catholic dioceses in France List of Catholic dioceses in Holy land and Cyprus Roman Catholic Archbishopric of Nazareth fellow crusader see in exile at Barletta in Apulia southern Italy References Edit Auberge de la Chapelle in French Base Merimee Chapelle des eveques de Bethleem ancienne Ministere francais de la Culture in French International Herald TribuneSources and external links EditGCatholic Clamency with Google satellite photo Location Nevers at the Catholic Encyclopedia History of the bishopric of Bethlehem in French GCatholic titular see of BethlehemCathedralCathedrals of Bourgogne at the French Ministry of CultureCoordinates 47 27 36 N 3 31 27 E 47 46000 N 3 52417 E 47 46000 3 52417 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Roman Catholic Diocese of Bethleem a Clamecy amp oldid 1085249148, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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