The former French Catholic diocese of Comminges existed at least from the sixth century, to the
French Revolution. The seat of the bishops was at
Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, now no more than a village, in the modern department of
Haute-Garonne in south-west France. The territory of the old diocese now belongs to the
archdiocese of Toulouse. The name of Comminges was incorporated into the titulature of the archbishop of Toulouse on 19 January 1935. He is now the archbishop of Toulouse-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux.[1]
History
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The earliest Bishop of Comminges known by name is Suavis, who assisted at the
Council of Agde in 506, along with thirty-four other bishops.[2]Sidonius Apollinaris,[3] however, writes of the death of a bishop of Comminges in 473.[4]
Pierre de Foix (1422–64), cardinal from 1412–1413 to 1464.
Cardinal
Amanieu d'Albret, who was Bishop of Comminges (19 July 1499 – 1514, after 7 November)[8]
Cardinal Carlo Carafa (6 July 1556 – 4 March 1561), nephew of
Pope Paul IV, he was arrested, tried, and executed by strangulation on orders of
Pope Pius IV. Carafa was never ordained a priest or consecrated a bishop. He never took possession of his see.
Urbain de Saint-Gelais, who in 1586, without outside assistance and with the help of a cannon which he caused to be brought from Toulouse, captured the town from the Huguenots.
In the church of St. Bertrand of Comminges (The gothic church is of the 14th century), baptism was administered with peculiar ceremonies: the baptismal water was placed in a silver dove with wings displayed (a symbol of the Holy Spirit), and enclosed in a cupola surmounting the font; at the moment of baptizing the dove was lowered over the head of the child by a pulley, and through its open beak the baptismal water was poured (as though grace from heaven).[9]
^J.D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio Tomus octavus (8) (Florence 1762), p. 337.
^Epistles, Book VII, letter 6, § 7, to Bishop Basilius (ca. 472/473): propter quod discite cito catholici status valetudinem occultam, ut apertam festinetis adhibere medicinam. Burdigala, Petrogorii, Ruteni, Lemovices, Gabalitani, Helusani, Vasates, Convenae, Auscenses multosque iam maior numerus civitatum summis sacerdotibus ipsorum morte truncatus nec ullis deinceps episcopis in defunctorum officia suffectis...
^Sidonius Apollinaris, Letters. Tr. O.M. Dalton (1915) vol. 2. pp. 95-137; Book VII.
^Saint Africus (c. 540), who died in the
Rouergue, is wrongly included among the bishops of Comminges.
^Eubel, I, p. 21. Bertrand de Cosnac died on 17 June 1374.
^Eubel, I, p. 28. Amelius died in Avignon on 7 June 1390
^D'Albret was appointed by Pope Alexander VI, but the Cathedral Chapter elected Gaillard de Hospitali, a canon of the Cathedral. Litigation ensued, but when Gaillard died, Pope Leo X adjudged the bishopric to Cardinal d'Albret in 1514. Eubel, III, p. 6 and p. 177, with n. 3. Amanieu d'Albret was created a cardinal on 28 September 1500, and died in Rome on 20 December 1520.
^J. Lestrade (1906).
"Un curieux groupe d' évêques Commingeois: I. Bertrand de Got". Revue de Comminges. 21: 97–110, 145–158. He was given the bishopric of Comminges by Boniface VIII, and was approved as Archbishop of Bordeaux on 23 December 1299: Eubel, I, p. 150.
^Eubel, I, p. 207, 150. He was approved by Boniface VIII on 22 December 1299
^Carlo Carafa was nominated by King Henri II when he was Papal Legate in France in 1556. He was not ordained a deacon until 15 April 1557, and was never ordained priest or consecrated bishop: Salvador Miranda, The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church:Carafa, Carlo, retrieved: 2016-08-01. J. Lestrade (1908).
""Un curieux groupe d' évêques Commingeois: VII. Charles Caraffa (1556-1561)". Revue de Comminges. 23: 161–163.
^Bishop d'Osmond resigned in accordance with the request of
Pope Pius VII, who had concluded a Concordat with First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte, which liquidated the Constitutional church. Osmond was then appointed Bishop of Nancy. Ritzler, VI, p. 181, note 4. Jean, pp. 81-82. J. Lestrade, "Un curieux groupe d' évêques Commingeois: XX. Antoine Eustache d'Osmond (1754-1823),"
Revue de Comminges (Pyrénées Centrales) (in French). Vol. 27. Saint Gaudens: Société des études du Comminges. 1912. pp. 1–16.
The former French Catholic diocese of Comminges existed at least from the sixth century, to the
French Revolution. The seat of the bishops was at
Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, now no more than a village, in the modern department of
Haute-Garonne in south-west France. The territory of the old diocese now belongs to the
archdiocese of Toulouse. The name of Comminges was incorporated into the titulature of the archbishop of Toulouse on 19 January 1935. He is now the archbishop of Toulouse-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux.[1]
History
This section needs expansion. You can help by
adding to it. (December 2016)
The earliest Bishop of Comminges known by name is Suavis, who assisted at the
Council of Agde in 506, along with thirty-four other bishops.[2]Sidonius Apollinaris,[3] however, writes of the death of a bishop of Comminges in 473.[4]
Pierre de Foix (1422–64), cardinal from 1412–1413 to 1464.
Cardinal
Amanieu d'Albret, who was Bishop of Comminges (19 July 1499 – 1514, after 7 November)[8]
Cardinal Carlo Carafa (6 July 1556 – 4 March 1561), nephew of
Pope Paul IV, he was arrested, tried, and executed by strangulation on orders of
Pope Pius IV. Carafa was never ordained a priest or consecrated a bishop. He never took possession of his see.
Urbain de Saint-Gelais, who in 1586, without outside assistance and with the help of a cannon which he caused to be brought from Toulouse, captured the town from the Huguenots.
In the church of St. Bertrand of Comminges (The gothic church is of the 14th century), baptism was administered with peculiar ceremonies: the baptismal water was placed in a silver dove with wings displayed (a symbol of the Holy Spirit), and enclosed in a cupola surmounting the font; at the moment of baptizing the dove was lowered over the head of the child by a pulley, and through its open beak the baptismal water was poured (as though grace from heaven).[9]
^J.D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio Tomus octavus (8) (Florence 1762), p. 337.
^Epistles, Book VII, letter 6, § 7, to Bishop Basilius (ca. 472/473): propter quod discite cito catholici status valetudinem occultam, ut apertam festinetis adhibere medicinam. Burdigala, Petrogorii, Ruteni, Lemovices, Gabalitani, Helusani, Vasates, Convenae, Auscenses multosque iam maior numerus civitatum summis sacerdotibus ipsorum morte truncatus nec ullis deinceps episcopis in defunctorum officia suffectis...
^Sidonius Apollinaris, Letters. Tr. O.M. Dalton (1915) vol. 2. pp. 95-137; Book VII.
^Saint Africus (c. 540), who died in the
Rouergue, is wrongly included among the bishops of Comminges.
^Eubel, I, p. 21. Bertrand de Cosnac died on 17 June 1374.
^Eubel, I, p. 28. Amelius died in Avignon on 7 June 1390
^D'Albret was appointed by Pope Alexander VI, but the Cathedral Chapter elected Gaillard de Hospitali, a canon of the Cathedral. Litigation ensued, but when Gaillard died, Pope Leo X adjudged the bishopric to Cardinal d'Albret in 1514. Eubel, III, p. 6 and p. 177, with n. 3. Amanieu d'Albret was created a cardinal on 28 September 1500, and died in Rome on 20 December 1520.
^J. Lestrade (1906).
"Un curieux groupe d' évêques Commingeois: I. Bertrand de Got". Revue de Comminges. 21: 97–110, 145–158. He was given the bishopric of Comminges by Boniface VIII, and was approved as Archbishop of Bordeaux on 23 December 1299: Eubel, I, p. 150.
^Eubel, I, p. 207, 150. He was approved by Boniface VIII on 22 December 1299
^Carlo Carafa was nominated by King Henri II when he was Papal Legate in France in 1556. He was not ordained a deacon until 15 April 1557, and was never ordained priest or consecrated bishop: Salvador Miranda, The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church:Carafa, Carlo, retrieved: 2016-08-01. J. Lestrade (1908).
""Un curieux groupe d' évêques Commingeois: VII. Charles Caraffa (1556-1561)". Revue de Comminges. 23: 161–163.
^Bishop d'Osmond resigned in accordance with the request of
Pope Pius VII, who had concluded a Concordat with First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte, which liquidated the Constitutional church. Osmond was then appointed Bishop of Nancy. Ritzler, VI, p. 181, note 4. Jean, pp. 81-82. J. Lestrade, "Un curieux groupe d' évêques Commingeois: XX. Antoine Eustache d'Osmond (1754-1823),"
Revue de Comminges (Pyrénées Centrales) (in French). Vol. 27. Saint Gaudens: Société des études du Comminges. 1912. pp. 1–16.