There have been a number of councils held at Troyes:

Council of 867

The council was held on orders of Pope Nicholas I, to deal with Hincmar of Reims and his quarrels.[1] The decrees were signed on 2 November 867.[2] The Council ruled that no bishop could be deposed from his See without the consent of the Pope.[3]

Bishops present

Council of 878 (Second Council of Troyes)

Bishops present

Council of 1078

Summoned By Archbishop Hugues de Die and the Abbot of Cluny.[5]

Council of 1104

Convened by Cardinal Richard, Bishop of Albano, Papal Legate[6]

Council of 1107

Convened on 23 May 1107 by Pope Paschal II personally. Rothard, Bishop of Mainz, was suspended from office because he had dared to reconcile a schismatic bishop, Udo of Hildesheim, to the Church.[7]

Bishops attending

No complete list survives. Some bishops who probably attended can be discovered in surviving documents:

Council of 1129

Main article: Council of Troyes (1129)

Notes

  1. ^ sometimes listed as 1128[8]
  2. ^ Piers Paul Read states the papal legate Matthew, cardinal-bishop of Albano, presided over the council.[9]

References

  1. ^ Louis Moréri; Goujet (1759). Le Grand dictionnaire historique ou le Mélange curieux de l'histoire sacrée et profane... par Mre Louis Moreri,. (in French). Paris: chez les libraires associés. p. 366. Sirmond, III, p. 353-604.
  2. ^ Sirmond, III, p. 358.
  3. ^ Lee, Guy Carleton (1897). "Hincmar: An Introduction to the study of the Revolution in the Organization of the Church in the Ninth Century". Papers of the American Society of Church History. 8: 231–260, at 257-260. doi:10.1017/S1079902800001078. hdl:2027/uc1.b3502016. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
  4. ^ Sirmond, III, pp. 473-496; the subscriptions of the bishops is at pp. 479-480.
  5. ^ Louis Ellies Dupin; Daniel Penningen (1697). Nouvelle bibliotheque des auteurs ecclesiastiques. Vol. Tome VIII. Paris: Pralard. p. 61.
  6. ^ Bernard Monod (1907). Essai sur les rapports de Pascal II. avec Philippe Ier (1099-1108) (in French). Paris: H. Champion. pp. 39–42.
  7. ^ Uta-Renate Blumenthal (1978). "Chapter 3: The Council of Troyes, 23 May 1107". The Early Councils of Pope Paschal II, 1100-1110. Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies. ISBN 978-0-88844-043-3., and pp. 34-35.
  8. ^ Barber 1995, p. 14.
  9. ^ Read 1999, p. 100.
  10. ^ Ben-Ami 1969, p. 66.

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