X-Nico

unusual facts about Archbishop of Sens-Auxerre



Abbey of Saint-Germain d'Auxerre

The Abbey of Saint-Germain d'Auxerre was a Benedictine monastery in central France, dedicated to its founder Saint Germain of Auxerre, the bishop of Auxerre, who died in 448.

Alain de Lille

Certain facts of their lives have been attributed to him, as well as some of their works: thus the Life of St Bernard should be ascribed to Alain of Auxerre and the Commentary upon Merlin to Alan of Tewkesbury.

Altfrid

In 864, Altfrid moved the relics of Saint Marsus from Auxerre to an unknown place in Saxony, most likely to Corvey Abbey.

Auguste Jean Ameil

He was sent to Auxerre, but was intercepted by royalist forces and sent as a prisoner to Paris on the same day that Napoleon victoriously entered the Tuileries Palace.

Aunarius

Being of noble birth, he was brought up in the royal court of Guntram, but wanted to become a priest, and was ordained by Saint Syagrius of Autun, and eventually was made Bishop of Auxerre.

Auxerre Cathedral

Stimulus was provided about 1270 by Jean de Châlons-Rochefort, who had recently become Count of Auxerre, having supported the Duke of Burgundy against his own brother, by marrying Alix, the heiress of Auxerre.

Auxerre Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Étienne d'Auxerre) located in Auxerre, Burgundy, France, is known for its expansive stained glass windows.

Carolingian Schools

Through the influence of Alcuin, Theodulf, Lupus and others, the Carolingian revival spread to Reims, Auxerre, Laon and Chartres, where even before the schools of Paris had come into prominence, the foundations of scholastic theology and philosophy were laid.

Clement of Ireland

The 17th-century hagiographer John Colgan, in his Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae (Louvain, 1645) says that he was living in 818, and gives the date of Clement's death as 20 March and the place as Auxerre, where he was interred in the church of Saint-Amator.

Clothar the Frank

The story is narrated by Clothar (Lancelot) and describes his early life in Roman Gaul, his education in Auxerre with Bishop Germanus, his participation in a civil war and his travels to Britain where he meets Caius Merlyn Britaniccus (Merlin) and King Arthur for the first time.

Conrad I, Count of Auxerre

Conrad I the Elder (died 876) was the count of several counties, most notably the Aargau and Auxerre, around Lake Constance, as well as Paris from 859 to 862/4.

County of Auxerre

Adelaide of Auxerre (daughter of king Robert II of France), countess of Auxerre

Edme Jeaurat

Edme Jeaurat (1688–1738) was a French engraver from Vermenton, near Auxerre.

Eleanor, Countess of Vermandois

Eleanor was Countess of Vermandois in her own right and was Countess of Ostervant, Nevers, Auxerre, Boulogne and Beaumont by her various marriages.

Ensemble La Fenice

Ensemble La Fenice is a period wind band based in the town of Auxerre in the Burgundy region of France.

Ermengarde of Nevers

Ermengarde de Nevers (1073–1100) was the daughter of Renaud II, Count of Nevers and Auxerre, and of Ida de Forez.

Gare de Bercy

It is also the Paris terminus for medium-distance domestic services to Avallon via Laroche-Migennes, Sens, and Auxerre.

Gitmo – The New Rules of War

In 2006, the musical score composed by Krister Linder won first prize for music in a TV feature at the Festival international Musique et Cinéma in Auxerre, France.

Henri Junior Ndong

In July 2012, he signed a two-year contract with French Ligue 2 side Auxerre, along with his US Bitam fellow Rémy Ebanega.

Iserninus

He was originally named Fith, and he may have been ordained a deacon at Auxerre with Patrick and Auxilius.

John Stewart, Earl of Buchan

Buchan confronted a combined Anglo-Burgundian army at the village of Cravant in Burgundy, at a bridge and ford on the banks of the river Yonne, a left-bank tributary of the Seine, southeast of Auxerre.

Kévin Gameiro

Due to undergoing rehabilitation on his knee, Gameiro made his debut with Strasbourg in Ligue 2 late in the season on 19 September 2006 in the club's 2–0 loss to Auxerre in the Coupe de la Ligue.

Krister Linder

His score in the documentary film Gitmo: The New Rules of War (directed by Erik Gandini and Tarik Saleh) won the first prize in the category Music For TV at the Festival international Musique et Cinéma in Auxerre, France in 2006.

Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog

The village church of St. Garmon (St. Germanus of Auxerre) was reputedly founded in the 5th century, and rebuilt in the medieval period.

Maccabi Haifa F.C.

In the Groups stage, Haifa faced strong opponents: The Scottish Rangers F.C., the Serbian Partizan Belgrade, the French Auxerre and the Italian Serie A team Livorno.

Michel Fourniret

He was named as a suspect in connection with the murder of 21-year-old Englishwoman Joanna Parrish, whose body was found in an Auxerre river on 17 May 1990.

She disappeared in Auxerre, on 11 December 1987 on her way home from school.

Olegário Benquerença

Benquerenca is also known for his touchline dismissal of Auxerre defender Jean-Pascal Mignot, during an AFC Ajax v AJ Auxerre UEFA Champions League group stage match in October 2010.

Pierre Louis Dulong

An only child, he was orphaned at the age of 4, he was brought up by his aunt on Auxerre.

Robert II of France

Hedwig (or Advisa), Countess of Auxerre (c. 1003 – after 1063), married Renauld I, Count of Nevers on 25 January 1016 and had issue.

Roberto Colautti

Then, in the group stage, Colautti secured a 3–1 victory over the French side AJ Auxerre at home, scoring Maccabi Haifa's third goal in the 58th minute, with Colautti rounding the Auxerre goalkeeper Fabien Cool, before slotting the ball home from a tight angle.

Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March

In 1359, and continuing into 1360, he was Constable of Edward III's invasion of France, fighting in the failed siege of Reims and capturing Auxerre.

Romanus of Subiaco

He is credited with founding a small monastery at Dryes-Fontrouge in Auxerre, where he died.

He is sometimes identified with the Romanus of Auxerre who was venerated as Bishop of Auxerre on 8 October.

Rumbeke Castle

With the intervention of the Pope, the two lovers married in Auxerre, which then resulted in the creation of the County of Flanders.

Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps

The Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps is the home of AJ Auxerre football club in Auxerre, France.

Theobald of Provins

His relics were translated to the abbey at Sens, and then to Auxerre, at the chapel of Saint-Thibault-en-Auxois (Côte d'Or).

Vauluisant Abbey

and by 1 April 1129, works were far enough advanced for Henri Sanglier, the archbishop of Sens, to consecrate the modest oratory.

Victor-Félix Bernadou

title=Archbishop of Sens

Victor-Félix Bernadou (June 25, 1816 - November 15, 1891) was a French cardinal, since 1867 archbishop of Sens.

Wilfrid Loizeau

After passing through the renowned youth academies of Le Havre and Auxerre, Loizeau spent the early years of his professional career with Créteil (then in Ligue 2) and Paris FC (then in Championnat National) before moving abroad in 2006, to Romanian Liga II side Petrolul Ploieşti.

William IV, Count of Nevers

William IV, Count of Nevers, (c. 1130 – Acre, 24 October 1168) Count of Nevers, Auxerre and Tonnerre (1161–1168).


see also