Gallia Christiana

The Gallia Christiana is a Latin encyclopedia in 16 volumes on the history of the Roman Catholic Church in France; it was published in several editions between the 17th and 19th centuries. It includes a history of almost all French dioceses and abbeys, supplemented by biographical lists of bishops and abbots.

The Samarthani

1621 published Jean Chenu, lawyer in the Parlement of Paris, the content of incomplete book Archiepiscoporum et episcoporum Galliae chrono logica historia. Claude Robert, a priest from Langres, published in 1626 with the approval of Cardinal Cesare Baronio a first Gallia Christiana.

The brothers Scévole (1571-1650) and Louis de Sainte -Marthe (1571-1656) - Latin: Samarthanus - who had been appointed in 1620 to royal historiographer, both Chenu and Robert had supported in their work. On the Assemblée du clergé of 1626, the brothers have now been asked by some prelates to expand the work. Both died before the publication of the 1656 through Scévoles sons Pierre ( 1618-1690 ), even royal historiographer, Abel ( 1620-1671 ), theologian, and Nicolas- Charles ( 1623-1663 ), published under the title Gallia Christiana, qua omnia series archiepiscoporum, episcoporum et abbatum Franciæ vicinarumque ditionum ab origine ecclesiarum ad nostra tempora by Quattor tomos deducitur, probator et ex Antiquae fidei manuscriptis Vaticano regnum, was principum tabula riis omnium Galliae cathedralium et abbatarium published: four volumes, of which the first for the archdioceses, the second and third for the dioceses and the fourth for the monasteries. Already in this work, a revised and expanded edition was announced, but never appeared.

The Maurists

1710 offered the Assemblée du clergé the Benedictine monk Denis de Sainte -Marthe ( 1650-1725 ), a member of the Congregation of Saint -Maur ( Maurists ) 1000 livres, that he might bring a revised edition of the Gallia Christiana completed. The first volume appeared in 1715, the second in 1720 and third 1725th Since it was ensured that the work after the death of Denis de Saint- Marthe were continued, two more volumes were published (1728 and 1731) before the dispute over the Papal Bull Unigenitus the authors reached: Dom and Dom Etienne Félix Hodin Brice were expelled and were able to continue working until 1739. In subsequent years, the volumes 6 to 13 appeared, and now it was the revolution that prevented the completion of the work. Between 1856 and 1865 Jean -Barthélemy Hauréau were again published three volumes, and only the last volume of the ecclesiastical province of Utrecht was not completed ( this gap could be closed by Gisbert 1891-1896 bromine Bullarium Trajectense at least until the year 1378 ).

Later work

1774 published Abbé Hugues du Temps, Vicar General of Bordeaux, an extract from the Gallia Christiana, under the title Le clergé de France, but of which only appeared four volumes. To 1867, the historian Honoré Fisquets published ( 1818-1883 ) with La France Pontificale ( Gallia christiana ) ... a French-speaking church history in which he relied for the older times to the Gallia Christiana, the description was continuing well into modern times; of this work, published 22 volumes.

The canons Albanes finally planned a complete revision of the Gallia Christiana. He was one of the first researchers who came to the Vatican Apostolic Library to supplement in the hope, especially for the early period of the previous assumptions authors through documents, but died in 1897 before the publication of the first volume. The analysis of his notes by the canons Ulysse Chevalier then led to the publication of three volumes of the Gallia Christiana ( novissima ) to Arles, Aix and Marseille.

The individual volumes

The work is organized alphabetically by the ecclesiastical provinces of:

  • Volume 1, 1715: Ecclesiastical Provinces of Albi, Aix, Arles, Avignon and also.
  • Volume 2, 1720: ecclesiastical provinces of Bourges and Bordeaux.
  • Volume 3, 1725: Ecclesiastical Provinces of Cambrai, Cologne and Embrun.
  • Volume 4, 1728: Ecclesiastical Province of Lyon.
  • Volume 5, 1731: Ecclesiastical Provinces of Mechelen and Mainz.
  • Volume 6, 1739: Ecclesiastical Province of Narbonne.
  • Volume 7, 1744: Ecclesiastical Province of Paris and its suffragan dioceses, Part 1.
  • Volume 8, 1744: Ecclesiastical Province of Paris and its suffragan dioceses, Part 2.
  • Volume 9, 1751: ecclesiastical province of Reims, Part 1.
  • Volume 10, 1751: ecclesiastical province of Reims, Part 2.
  • Volume 11, 1759: ecclesiastical province of Rouen.
  • Volume 12, 1771 church provinces Sens and Tarentaise.
  • Volume 13, 1785: Ecclesiastical Provinces of Toulouse and Trier.
  • Volume 14, 1856: Ecclesiastical Province of Tours.
  • Volume 15, 1860: Ecclesiastical Province of Besançon.
  • Volume 16, 1865: Ecclesiastical Province of Vienne.
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