John of Avranches

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John of Avranches[1] was bishop of Avranches from 1060 to 1067, and archbishop of Rouen from 1067 to 1079. He was a Norman churchman, son of Rodulf of Ivry, and brother of . He appears in the Gesta Normannorum Ducum of William of Jumièges, and may have been one of the sources William used.[2]

He became archbishop of Rouen when his friend Lanfranc declined the position.[3] As archbishop he was a reformer, campaigning for clerical celibacy from 1074.[4] This led to his being stoned at a provincial synod.[5] In 1075 he with Roger de Beaumont was in effective charge of Normandy.[6]

He is known for his liturgical work Tractatus de officiis ecclesiasticis; it was officially adopted in the diocese of Rouen.[7] It was written at the request of Maurilius, his predecessor as archbishop; it had only a limited impact in promoting uniformity in Normandy.[8]

References[]

  • R. Delamare (editor) (1923), Le 'De officiis ecclesiasticis' de Jean d'Avranches, archevêque de Rouen (1067–1079)
  • Richard Allen, « 'A proud and headstrong man': John of Ivry, bishop of Avranches and archbishop of Rouen, 1060–79 », Historical Research, vol.83, n° 220 (mai 2010), p. 189-227.
  • Fisquet, Honoré (1864). La France pontificale (Gallia Christiana): histoire chronologique et biographique...Metropole de Rouen: Rouen (in French). Paris: Etienne Repos. pp. 67–73.

Notes[]

  1. ^ John of Rouen, Jean d'Avranches, Jean d'Ivry, Joannes or Johannes Abrincensis.
  2. ^ Elisabeth M. C. van Houts, The Gesta Normannorum Ducum of William of Jumieges, Orderic Vitalis, and Robert of Torigni (1995), p. xliv.
  3. ^ David Charles Douglas, William the Conqueror: The Norman Impact Upon England (1964), p. 318.
  4. ^ Michael Robson, St. Francis of Assisi: The Legend and the Life (1997), p. 78.
  5. ^ http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06791c.htm, http://www.astonisher.com/archives/corporation/corporation_ch6.html
  6. ^ David Bates, William the Conqueror (2004), p. 231.
  7. ^ The cathedral of Salisbury: From the foundation to the fifteenth century, A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 3 (1956), pp. 156-183. Date accessed: 17 March 2008.
  8. ^ Cassandra Potts, When the Saints Go Marching: Religious Connections and the Political Culture of Early Normandy p. 17 in Charles Warren Hollister (editor), Anglo-Norman Political Culture and the Twelfth-century Renaissance (1997).
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