Notre Dame de Paris A Short History & Description of the Cathedral, With Some Account of the Churches Which Preceded It

CHAPTER VII.

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LIST OF THE BISHOPS AND ARCHBISHOPS OF PARIS.

(I have adopted the spelling and dates generally given by French Catholic writers in compiling this list).

St. Denis, who is counted as the first bishop by Roman Catholic writers, is said to have been succeeded by the following, of whom little or nothing is known: Mallo or Mallon; Massus; Marcus; Adventus; Ventorien; Paul; Prudence; St. Marcel (died about 436); Vivien; Felix; Flavien; Ursicien; Apedemius; Heraclitus (? 490-525); Probat; Amelius;

Saffarac (545-552).

Eusèbe I. (552-555).

St. Germain (555-576).

Raguemond (576-591).

Eusèbe II. (592-594).

Faramode (?); Simplicius (?); Saint Céran (606-621); Leudebert (?); Aubert.

St. Landry (650-656).

Chrodobert (656-663).

Sigobrand (663-664).

Importun (?).

St. Agilbert (666-680).

Sigefroid (?); Tournsaede (?); Adolphe (?); Bernechaire, (?).

St. Hugues (722-730).

Marséide.

Fédole (?); Raguecapt (?); Madalbert (?); Desdefroid (?); Escheurade (?).

Ermenfroi (?)

Inchalde (809-831).

Ercheurade (831-857).

Enée (857-883).

Ingelvin (?).

Gozlin (883-886).

Anschéric (886-911).

Théodulphe or Gendulphe (911-922). This bishop is believed to have been succeeded by Falrade; Adelhelme; Gauthier I.; Albéric; Constante; Garin; Rainaud I.; Elisiard, and Giselbert.

Renault II., de Vendome (992-1019).

Azelin or Albert (?).

Francon (1020-1030).

Imbert Hesselin (1030-1060).

Godefroi de Boulogne (1061-1093).

Guillaume I. de Montfort (1095-1102).

Foulques I. (1102-1104).

Galon (1105-1116).

Giselbert or Gilbert (1116-1124).

Etienne I. de Senlis (1124-1142).

Thiébault (1143-1157).

Pierre Lombard (1158-1159).

Maurice de Sully (1160-1196).

Eudes de Sully (1197-1208).

Pierre II. de Nemours (1208-1219).

Guillaume de Seiguelay (1220-1223).

Barthélémy (1223-1227).

(The see is believed to have been vacant for a year)

Guillaume d’Auvergne (also called Guillaume de Paris) (1228-1249).

Gauthier II. de Chateau-Thierry (1249-1250).

Renault III. de Corbeil (1250-1268).

Etienne II. (1268-1279).

Ranulfe ou Raoul d’Homblières (1279-1288).

Simon Matiffas de Bucy (1290-1304).

Guillaume IV. de Baufet (1304-1319).

Etienne de Bourret (1320-1325).

Hugues II. (1326-1332).

Guillaume V. de Chanac (1332-1342).

Foulques II. (1342-1349).

Audoin Aubert (?).

Pierre III. de la Forêt (1350-1352).

Jean I. de Meulan (1352-1363).

Etienne IV. de Paris (1363-1368).

Aimeric de Maignac (1368-1384).

Pierre IV. d’Orgement (1384-1409).

Gérard de Montaigu (1409-1420).

Jean II. de Courte-Cuisse (1421-1422).

Jean III. de la Roche-Taillé (1422-1423).

Jean IV. de Nant (1423-1427).

Jacques de Chastelier (1427-1439).

Denis II. du Moulin (1439-1447).

Guillaume VI. Chartier (1447-1472).

Louis de Beaumont (1473-1492).

Gerard Gobaille (1494).

Jean V., Simon de Champigny (1494-1502).

Etienne V., Poncher (1503-1519).

François de Poncher (1519-1532).

Jean VI. de Bellay (1532-1551).

Eustache de Bellay (1551-1564).

Guillaume Viole (1564-1568).

Cardinal Pierre V. de Gondi (1568-1598).

Cardinal Henri de Gondi de Retz (1598-1622).

ARCHBISHOPS.

Paris was raised to the rank of an archbishopric on the demand of Louis XIII. to Pope Gregory XV. (The Bull is dated Oct. 20th, 1622.)

1. Jean-François de Gondi (1622-1654). First Archbishop of Paris. Buried in Notre Dame.

2. Jean-François-Paul de Gondi (Cardinal de Retz). Buried in Saint-Denis (1654-1679).

3. Pierre VI. de Marca (_d._ 1662). Buried in Notre Dame.

4. Hardouin de Péréfix de Beaumont (_d._ 1671). Buried in Notre Dame.

5. François de Harlay de Champvallon (_d._ 1695). Buried in Notre Dame.

6. Louis-Antoine de Noailles. Cardinal (_d._ 1729). Buried in Notre Dame.

7. Charles-Gaspard-Guillaume de Vintimille du Luc (_d._ 1746). Buried in Notre Dame.

8. Jacques-Bonnet-Gigault de Bellefonds (_d._ 1746). Buried in Notre Dame.

9. Christophe de Beaumont du Repaire (_d._ 1781). Buried in Notre Dame.

10. Antoine-Eléonore-Léon Le Clerc de Juigné de Neuchelle (_d._ 1811). Buried in Notre Dame.

11. Jean-Baptiste de Belloy. Cardinal. Died, aged ninety-eight years and eight months, in 1808, and buried in Notre Dame.

12. Alexandre-Angélique de Tallyrand-Perigord. Born 1736. Archbishop of Reims 1776. Cardinal 1817; Died 1821.

13. Hyacinthe-Louis de Quélen. Born 1778. Bishop of Samosate 1817; Archbishop of Paris 1821. Died 1839.

14. Denis III., Auguste Affre. Born 1793. Archbishop of Paris 1840. Struck by a ball at the barricades in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine on June 25th, 1848, and died two days later.

15. Marie-Dominique-Auguste Sibour. Born 1792. Bishop of Digue 1839; Archbishop of Paris 1848. Was assassinated on Jan. 3rd, 1857, in the church of Saint-Etienne du Mont by a priest. He had as auxiliary bishop Léon-François Sibour.

16. François III., Nicolas-Madeleine Morlot. Born 1795. Bishop of Orléans 1839; Archbishop of Tours 1842; Cardinal 1853; Archbishop of Paris 1857. Died 1862.

17. Georges Darboy. Born 1813. Bishop of Nancy 1850; Archbishop of Paris 1863. Arrested as a hostage by the Commune on April 4th, 1871, and shot on May 27th.

18. Joseph-Hippolyte Guibert. Born 1802. Archbishop of Tours 1857; Archbishop of Paris 1871; Cardinal 1873. Died 1886.

19. François-Marie-Benjamin Richard. Born 1819. Bishop of Belley 1871; Coadjutor of Archbishop Guibert 1875; Archbishop of Paris 1886. Cardinal 1889.

INDEX

Aisles, double, 22, 60

Altar, high, 86

Ambulatory, 76

Apse, 22

Archbishops, list of, 100-102

Bells, 42

Bishops, list of, 98-100

Bishop’s Palace, 94, 98

Buttress system, 44

Chapels added, 8

” of the choir, 90-93; of the nave, 66-69

“Chimères,” 40

Choir, 82; in the thirteenth century, 81

Clerestory: nave, 64; transepts, 72

Cloister, or Cloître, 8, 95

Crypt, 86

Darboy, Archbishop, statue of, 91

Decoration, coloured mural, 66-68, 75

“Devils of Notre Dame,” 20

Dimensions of the cathedral, 56

Doorways: west, 30-38; transepts, 48-53

Flèche, 42

Galerie des Rois, 39

Garden, 96

Glass, stained, 69, 89

Gothic construction, 20

Grille of choir, 82

Historical events, 9-16

Hospital (Hotel Dieu), 97

Hugo, Victor, on Notre Dame (_see_ Notre Dame)

Maurice de Sully, Bishop, first builder of the present church, 7

Monuments in the nave, 64

Napoleon I., coronation of, 14

Notre Dame: early history of the church, 5-7; historical events in, 9-16; its place in French Gothic, 19; Victor Hugo on, 27-29, 40, 42

“Notre Dame de Paris,” statue of, 72-75

Organ, 64

Parvis, Place du, 94, 97

Piers of the nave, 58, 60

Portail de la Ste. Vierge, 30

” central, 34

” Ste. Anne or St. Marcel, 33, 38

Porte Rouge, 53

Presbytère, 96

Relics, 95, 96

Revolution, the, 12

Roman remains, 5, 86

Roof, 42, 57

Rose windows of transepts, 75

Sacristy, 95

St. Denis, 5; statue of, 75; chapel of, 90

St. Marcel, statue of, 33, 38; shrine of, 76, 81; chapel of, 92

Sanctuary, 81, 86

Screen, sculptured, in choir, 77

Stalls, choir, 85

“Stryge, le,” 41

Tombstones in the nave, 56

Towers, 42

Transepts, 22, 48, 72

Treasury, 95

Triforium, 62

Vaulting, 57, 62

West front, 7, 24, 28-42

Windows, 46

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Transcriber’s Note:

Punctuation has been standardised; hyphenation retained as it appears in the original publication.

Changes have been made as follows:

Page 4 that our own proud Minster _changed to_ than our own proud Minster

Page 7 Description de Notre-Dame, Cathédral de Paris _changed to_ Description de Notre-Dame, Cathédrale de Paris

Page 10 se mit A genoux et fit _changed to_ se mit à genoux et fit

Page 13 music by Gossee _changed to_ music by Gossec

Page 14 parfaite à la moinde des actions _changed to_ parfaite à la moindre des actions

Page 15 apres avoir reçu _changed to_ après avoir reçu

douce et legère _changed to_ douce et légère

Page 19 mere decorative idiosyncracy _changed to_ mere decorative idiosyncrasy

Page 20 Ths choir was begun _changed to_ The choir was begun

Page 40 _Chimères or “Devils of Notre Dame_.” _changed to_ _Chimères_ or “_Devils of Notre Dame_.”

was in its decadance _changed to_ was in its decadence

Page 41 ONE OF THE CHIMAERAS OF NOTRE DAME _changed to_ ONE OF THE CHIMÈRAS OF NOTRE DAME

Page 42 which was irrevently compared _changed to_ which was irreverently compared

Page 52 TYMPANIUM OF THE NORTH TRANSEPT DOORWAY _changed to_ TYMPANUM OF THE NORTH TRANSEPT DOORWAY

Page 53 Near the _Port Rouge_ _changed to_ Near the _Porte Rouge_

Page 65 in the cathedrall church _changed to_ in the cathedral church

Page 67 Il en résultei nstinctivement pour _changed to_ Il en résulte instinctivement pour

Page 78 Notre Dame par Vespace XXV _changed to_ Notre Dame par l’espace XXV

Page 89 by Antoine Coyevox _changed to_ by Antoine Coysevox

Page 90 Archbishop Sibor, who was murdered _changed to_ Archbishop Sibour, who was murdered

Page 92 Archbishop Leclercq de Juigné _changed to_ Archbishop Leclerc de Juigné

Page 95 The =Cloîture= or Cloister of Notre Dame was on The =Cloître= or Cloister of Notre Dame was on

Page 96 church of St. Germain des Près _changed to_ church of St. Germain des Prés

dull houses of the Rue du Cloîture Notre-Dame _changed to_ dull houses of the Rue du Cloître Notre-Dame

Page 99 Barthélemy (1223-1227) _changed to_ Barthélémy (1223-1227)

Page 105 Cloister, or Cloiture _changed to_ Cloister, or Cloître