Jean de Cossonay

Jean de Cossonay († June 18, 1273 ) was Bishop of Lausanne from 1240 to 1273 .

Life

Jean de Cossonay comes from the Vaud noble family of the Lords of Cossonay . He was the son of Jean, lord of Cossonay, and the Agnes. Jean was a member of the cathedral chapter of Lausanne and 1231-1239 Chancellor of the bishop. After the death of his predecessor Boniface, the cathedral chapter could not agree on a common candidate. The majority elected Philip of Savoy , while a minority supported by the papal envoys, the Archbishop of Besançon and the Bishop of Langres elected Jean de Cossonay. As a result, there was armed fighting between the supporters of the two candidates, in which part of the Cité of Lausanne burned down. Thanks to the intervention of Pope Innocent IV , Jean finally prevailed in 1241. A short time later Philip became Bishop of Valence and in 1245 Archbishop of Lyon . The dispute between the bishop and the Count of Savoy led in 1260 to a division of secular jurisdiction in Lausanne between Jean and Count Peter II of Savoy and in 1271 to an alliance with Count Philip I of Savoy .

literature

• Martin Schmitt: Memoires historiques sur le diocèse de Lausanne . Tome deux. Friborg 1859, p. 16 ff . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
• Markus Ries: Johann von Cossonay . In: Erwin Gatz (ed.): The Bishops of the Holy Roman Empire 1198 to 1448 . Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-10303-3 , pp. 326 .

Web links

• Ansgar Wildermann: Cossonay, Johann von. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ansgar Wildermann: Cossonay, Johann von. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . According to Markus Ries: Johann von Cossonay . In: Erwin Gatz (ed.): The Bishops of the Holy Roman Empire 1198 to 1448 . Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-10303-3 , pp. 326 . a minority voted for Philip.

predecessor	Office	successor
Boniface	Bishop of Lausanne 1240–1273	Guillaume II. De Champvent