Eudes de Sully
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Eudes de Sully was bishop of Paris, from 1198 to 1208.
As churchman, he continued the building work on Notre Dame de Paris
. He is considered the first to have emphasized the elevation of the Host
during the Catholic Mass. He in 1175 forbade communion for children. Odo's decree on custody of reserved hosts, requiring a "clean pyx
", was influential in England.
In surviving decrees, he as bishop is seen addressing a number of social matters. He attempted to regulate celebrations in his cathedral, Christmas and the Feast of Fools
. He also tried to ban chess
.
He is known too for his promotion of polyphony
in church, and the music of Pérotin
.
He was a founder of the abbey that became Port-Royal.
was archbishop of Bourges. Their father, also Eudes of Sully, was son of Guillaume de Blois.
His predecessor, Maurice de Sully
, was not a close family connection.
's Sacrorum conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio , 53 vols., Graz : Akademische Druck- u. Verlangsanstalt, 1961. More recently Odette Pontal produced a critical edition of these statutes in Les statuts synodaux Français du XIIIe siècle. Tome 1: Les Statuts de Paris et le synodal de l'ouest. Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale, 1971.
Life
On the political stage, he came into conflict with the French king, Philip Augustus, over Philip's intended repudiation of his wife.As churchman, he continued the building work on Notre Dame de Paris
Notre Dame de Paris
Notre Dame de Paris , also known as Notre Dame Cathedral, is a Gothic, Roman Catholic cathedral on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France. It is the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Paris: that is, it is the church that contains the cathedra of...
. He is considered the first to have emphasized the elevation of the Host
Elevation (Liturgy)
In Christian liturgy the elevation is a ritual raising of the consecrated elements of bread and wine during the celebration of the Eucharist. The term is applied especially to that by which, in the Roman Rite of Mass, the Host and the Chalice are each shown to the people immediately after each is...
during the Catholic Mass. He in 1175 forbade communion for children. Odo's decree on custody of reserved hosts, requiring a "clean pyx
Pyx
A pyx or pix is a small round container used in the Catholic, Old Catholic and Anglican Churches to carry the consecrated host , to the sick or invalid or those otherwise unable to come to a church in order to receive Holy Communion...
", was influential in England.
In surviving decrees, he as bishop is seen addressing a number of social matters. He attempted to regulate celebrations in his cathedral, Christmas and the Feast of Fools
Feast of Fools
The Feast of Fools, known also as the festum fatuorum, festum stultorum, festum hypodiaconorum, or fête des fous, are the varying names given to popular medieval festivals regularly celebrated by the clergy and laity from the fifth century until the sixteenth century in several countries of Europe,...
. He also tried to ban chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
.
He is known too for his promotion of polyphony
Polyphony
In music, polyphony is a texture consisting of two or more independent melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice or music with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords ....
in church, and the music of Pérotin
Pérotin
Pérotin , also called Perotin the Great, was a European composer, believed to be French, who lived around the end of the 12th and beginning of the 13th century. He was the most famous member of the Notre Dame school of polyphony and the ars antiqua style...
.
He was a founder of the abbey that became Port-Royal.
Family
His brother Henry de SullyHenry de Sully
Henry de Sully was a medieval monk, Bishop of Worcester and Abbot of Glastonbury.-Life:Henry became prior of Bermondsey Abbey in 1186. In September 1189, following the death of Henry II of England, Richard I of England appointed him Abbot of Glastonbury...
was archbishop of Bourges. Their father, also Eudes of Sully, was son of Guillaume de Blois.
His predecessor, Maurice de Sully
Maurice de Sully
Maurice de Sully was Bishop of Paris from 1160 until his death.-Biography:He was born of humble parents at Sully-sur-Loire , near Orléans, at the beginning of the twelfth century. He came to Paris towards 1140 and studied for the ecclesiastical state. He soon became known as an able professor of...
, was not a close family connection.
Sources
Eudes' synodal decrees appear in volume 22 of Giovanni Domenico MansiGiovanni Domenico Mansi
Gian Domenico Mansi was an Italian theologian, scholar and historian, known for his massive works on the Church councils....
's Sacrorum conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio , 53 vols., Graz : Akademische Druck- u. Verlangsanstalt, 1961. More recently Odette Pontal produced a critical edition of these statutes in Les statuts synodaux Français du XIIIe siècle. Tome 1: Les Statuts de Paris et le synodal de l'ouest. Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale, 1971.
- Cheney, C. R., English Synodalia, London, Oxford University Press, 1968.