Jules Chevalier, Recherches historiques sur Hugues, évêque de Die, légat du pape saint Grégoire VII, Bourron, 1880. G. Bollenot, Un légat pontifical au XIème siècle, Hugues, évêque de Die (1073-1082), primat des Gaules (l082-1106),(in French) Université de Lyon, Faculté de droit et des sciences économiques, Lyon, [1974?]. Thesis. C. Petit-Dutaillis, The Feudal Monarchy in France and England, London: Routledge, 1936 [reprint 2013], p. 91.
Otto Seeck (ed,), Notitia Dignitatum. Accedunt notitia urbis Constantinopolitanae et laterculi provinciarum,(in Latin), (Berlin: Weidmann 1876), p. 263.
Charles Joseph Hefele, tr. H. Leclercq, Histoire des conciles, (in French), Vol. IV, part 1 (Paris: Letouzey 1911), pp. 89-91.
Philip Schaff, History of the Christian Church, Volume 4 (C. Scribner's sons, 1908), pp. 733-734.
Hastings Rashdall, The Universities of Europe in the Middle Ages: pt. 2. English universities. Student life, (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1895), pp. 723-724.
Georges Goyau, "Lyons, archdiocese," in: The Catholic Encyclopedia: Laprade-Mass, Volume IX (New York: Appleton, 1910), pp. 472-476, at p. 473, column 1. (The transcription at WP is defective).
Monumenta Germaniae historica. Libelli de lite, Volume 2, pp. 654-657: "Siquidem cum prima Lugdunensis provincia Lugdunensis provincia sit, nichilominus secunda et tercia Lugdunensis provincia est. Cum ergo primae sedis Lugdunensis praesul pro suis aut illorum necessitatibus secundae vel terciae provinciae praesules vocat, non ad aliam provinciam trahit, sed rationabili et iusto ordine servato inferiora membra ad caput revocat, ut ei vel de adversitate condoleant vel dex prosperitate congaudeant."
Ludovic Sciout, Histoire de la constitution civile du clergé (1790-1801): L'église et l'Assemblée constituante,(in French and Latin) ., Vol. 1 (Paris: Firmin Didot 1872), p. 182: Art. 2 "...Tous les autres évêchés existant dans les quatre-vingt-trois départements du royaume, et qui ne sont pas nommément compris au présent article, sont et demeurent supprimés."
Agnes Baillie Cunninghame Dunbar, A Dictionary of Saintly Women, Volume 1 (London: Bell, 1904), pp. 202-204.
Konstantin Kempf, The Holiness of the Church in the Nineteenth Century: Saintly Men and Women of Our Own Times (New York: Benzinger brothers, 1916), p. 321.
Pothinus died in prison, and is listed as a martyr in the episcopal lists of Lyon. He shares the same day as the martyrs of Lyon. Piolin, Gallia christiana IV, pp. 4-5. Duchesne II (1900), pp. 160-161.
Irenaeus is discussed by Eusebius, History of the Church Book i, chapter 5. He is first called a martyr by Gregory of Tours. Piolin, Gallia christiana IV, 5-12.
Zacharias was a priest of Irenaeus of Lyon, and buried his leader. Piolin, Gallia christiana IV, 12-13.
With Avitus of Vienne, Stephanus convoked a council at Lyon for the conversion of the Arians. Fisquet, pp. 64-68.
Lupus had been a monk. He was probably the first archbishop; in 538 the Council of Orléans spoke in its first canon about the title of "metropolitanus". Lupus died on 22 September 542. Fisquet, p. 73.
Nicetius was the nephew of Archbishop Sacerdos. He died on 2 April 573. Fisquet, pp. 76-80.
Gebuin was the son of Hugues III, Comte de Dijon. In September 1077, the papal legate, Bishop Hugues of Die, held a council at Autun, at which the clergy and people of Lyon demanded the appointment of an archbishop, naming Gebuin as their choice. He was consecrated on 17 September 1077. Archbishop Gebuin died on 17 April 1082. Fisquet, pp. 179-192.
The Chapter of Lyon wrote a letter to King Louis VII, explaining that there was a disputed election; The majority of the electors chose Dreux, the archdeacon of Lyon, and a minority of six elected Guichard, the abbot of Pontigny. Pope Alexander III is said to have ratified Dreux' election, but Louis VII prevailed upon the pope to void the election of Dreux. The name of Dreux does not appear in any of the catalogues of bishops of Lyon. Sainte-Marthe (Sammarthanus) suggested that it was because he was never consecrated. Piolin, Gallia christiana IV, pp. 125-126. Fisquet, pp. 241-243.
Renaud: Fisquet, pp. 262-269. Eubel, Hierarchia catholica I, p. 316.
Guy was a member of the important family of the counts of Auvergne and Boulogne. He had been archdeacon of Flanders, and was appointed archbishop of Lyon by Pope Benedict XII on 11 October 1340. He was named a cardinal by Pope Clement VI on 20 September 1342. As a Cardinal, Guy de Boulogne, served as a papal diplomat. He died in Ilerda on 25 November 1373. Piolin, Gallia christiana IV, pp. 164-166. Eubel, Hierarchia catholica I, pp. 38 no. 2; 316.
Henri de Villars: Piolin, Gallia christiana IV, pp. 166-168. Eubel I, p. 316.
Philippe de Thurey was the nephew of Guillaume de Thurey, Archbishop of Lyon; and brother of Cardinal Pierre de Thurey, papal legate in Naples and then Chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church. He was appointed by Pope Clement VII on 8 November 1389. He had been Cantor in the cathedral Chapter. He died on 28 September 1415. Eubel I, p. 316 with note 17. Fisquet, pp. 353-357.
Ippolito was the son of Alfonso I, Duke of Ferrara, and Lucretia Borgia. King Francis I of France named Cardinal protector of the crown of France at the court of Pope Paul III. Ippolito was a personal friend and companion of Henri II, and lived at the French court for many years. He was a patron of scholars. He was never consecrated a bishop, and only became a priest in 1584. Fisquet, pp. 386-391. Eubel, Hierarchia catholica III, p. 230, with notes 4 and 5..
D'Este's second appointment to Lyon was purely nominal. Lyon was in the hands of the Protestants, and the locals disliked Ippolito as a foreigner. He quickly arranged through the French court, therefore, an exchange of dioceses with Archbishop Antoine d'Albon of Arles. D'Este died in Rome on 5 December 1572. Fisquet, pp. 390-391.
(Sep 1628 – 23 Mar 1653) Du Plessis was the elder brother of Cardinal Armand de Richelieu, and had been offered the diocese of Luçon, which he declined in favor of joining the Carthusians. Fisquet, pp. 457-463.
(15 Aug 1714 – 6 Feb 1731)François-Paul de Neufville: Piolin, Gallia christiana IV, p. 197.
(16 Mar 1758 – 2 May 1788) Montazet, a person of Jansenist tendencies, had been Bishop of Autun (1748–1758). He had published for his seminary six volumes of "Institutiones theologicæ" by the Oratorian Joseph Valla, known as "Théologie de Lyon"; the work was spread throughout Italy by Scipio Ricci until it was condemned by the Index in 1792. Montazet died in Paris at the abbey of S. Victor on 2 May 1788, at the age of 66. Fisquet, pp. 507-529. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, pp. 67 with note 3; 238 with note 4.
Marbeuf was nominated bishop of Autun by King Louis XV on 19 April 1767, and confirmed by Pope Clement XIII on 15 June 1767. He was nominated archbishop of Lyon by King Louis XVI on 12 May 1788, and confirmed by Pope Pius VI on 15 September 1788. Archbishop de Marbeuf died on 15 April 1799. Fisquet, pp. 529-535.. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, pp. 67 with note 5; 238 with note 5.
A bishop of Lyon of the schismatic French Constitutional Church, from 27 March 1791 to 11 January 1794, the date of his death on the scaffold. Pisani, pp. 277-284.
Primat was elected bishop on 15 April 1798 by the constitutional electors of the department of Rhône. On 19 February 1800, Primat took possession of the episcopal throne of the department of Rhône. Pierre-Marie Gonon, Bibliographie historique de la ville de Lyon, pendant la Révolution française,(in French), (Lyon: Marle, 1844), p. 480, no. 2585. On 9 October 1800, he announced his intention to hold a diocesan synod. Gonon, p. 486, no. 2616. Pisani, p. 281.
Fesch was styled Archbishop of Lyon-Vienne-Embrun until 1822. Fisquet, pp. 552-611. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VII, p. 245.
Isoard was cardinal archbishop of Auch. He was nominated archbishop of Lyon by King Louis Philippe on 15 June 1839. He was never approved by the pope, since he died on 7 October 1839. Fisquet, pp. 621-622.
Bonald had been Bishop of Le Puy (1823–1839). He was nominated archbishop of Lyon by the French government on 11 December 1839, and approved by Pope Gregory XVI on 27 April 1840. He was named a cardinal by Pope Gregory XVI on 1 March 1841. He died on 25 February 1870, at the age of 82. Fisquet, pp. 622-690. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VII, pp. 77, 246.
Ginoulhiac, (2 March 1870 – 17 November 1875), was known for his Histoire du dogme catholique pendant les trois premiers siècles de l‛église et jusqu‛au concile de Nicée,(in French)Volume 1 (Paris: Auguste Durand, 1852; Volume 2.
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