List of Abbots of Saint-Bénigne Abbey

List of Abbots of Saint-Bénigne Abbey

6th century

No.	from	to	Surname
1	535		Eustadius von Mesmont - great-uncle of Gregory of Tours , great-grandson of Gregory of Langres
2		540	Tranquillius
3	540	592	Apollinarius - as abbot he presided over other monasteries: Saint-Maurice and Saint-Marcel
4th			Boloneus or Borolenus
5			Gudiuns or Godinus

7th century

No.	from	to	Surname
6th			Bobolenus
7th			Richimar
8th			Æthebius
9			Vidradus
10			Hugo
11			Odoleus
12			Maurinius
13			Wefchilamnus
14th			Aghbertus

8th century

No.	from	to	Surname
15th			Bonolenus
16			Gosvinus or Godinus
17th			Thanottardus
18th	before 751		Aridius - documented mention in the reign of Childerich III.
19th		790	Hilderranus
20th	775	790	Waltrich - founding abbot of the Schäftlarn monastery and bishop of Langres
21st	790	805	Apollinarius - also headed the monasteries of Saint-Pierre in Flavigny-sur-Ozerain and Saint-Jean in Réome. From Charlemagne appointed abbot. Died on March 31, 826.

9th century

No.	from	to	Surname
22nd	805	820	Herlegaud - after 810 archdeacon of Langres
23	820		Herlebert - Choir Bishop of Langres
24			Ingelram - Choir Bishop of Langres
25th		840	Guido
26th	840	856	Theotbald I - Bishop of Langres. Died on August 17th, 856.
27	856		Frodin - Choir Bishop of Langres
28		after 878	Bertilon - Choir Bishop of Langres
29			Saron - coadjutor of Bertilon, also abbot of the monastery of Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul in Pothières
30th	after 880		Ingon
31	after 881		Hilderannus II.
32			Godefrid
33			Walo
34	after 895		Lantier

10th century

No.	from	to	Surname
35			Fulheict
36	after 912		Godrad
37		920	Gozvin
38	920	923	Panto
39	923	933	Suavus
40			NN
41			NN
42			NN
43			NN
44	955	987	Manasses - removed from office by Bishop Bruno von Langres
45	987	989	Adso from Montier-en-Der

11th century

No.	from	to	Surname
46	989	1031	William of Volpiano
47	1031	1052	Halinard
48	1052	1056	John of Fécamp
49	1056	1077	Adalbero
50	1077	1113	Jarenton - a native of the county of Vienne . Studied under Hugo von Cluny and was prior of the Abbey of La Chaise-Dieu . His appointment as abbot at the Council of Autun (1076) took place on the intercession of Duke Hugo I of Burgundy. Died February 10, 1113.

12th Century

No.	from	to	Surname
51	1113	1116	Ademar
52	1116	1122	Henri
53	1122	1129	Hugues-Béraud
54	1129	1142	Peter of Geneva
55	1142	1145	Pierre de Beaune
56	1145	1175	Philippe
57	1175	1175	Jean
58	1175	1188	Aymon
59	1188	1204	Pierre de Grancey

13th Century

No.	from	to	Surname
60	1204	1206	Nivard de Sombernon-Fontaines - previously abbot of the Saint-Seine monastery
61	1206	1207	Gauthier
62	1207	1211	Adam
63	1212	1224	Gilbert
64	1224	1225	Calon
65	1225	1229	Pierre
66	1229	1230	Gui - acting; Abbot of the Monastery of Saint-Jean in Réome
67	1230	1232	Gilbert
68	1233	1241	Raymond
69	1241	1253	Etienne-Raymond
70	1253	1262	Pierre de Fossé
71	1263		Richard
72		1269	Aimon
73	1269	1300	Hugues d'Arc

14th Century

No.	from	to	Surname
74	1301	1304	Giralde
75	1304	1307	Henri d'Arc
76	1307	1310	Millon de Bissey
77	1310	1310	Jean
78	1310	1341	Othon de Énegret
79	1341	1350	Pierre de Ranzeville
80	1350	1363	Pierre Amiel de Sarcenas - consecrated cardinal on December 18, 1378 by Antipope Clement VII in Avignon .
81	1363	1371	Jean de Cloies
82	1371	1372	Guillaume de Giac - brother of Pierre de Giac, Chancellor of France under Charles VI. .
83	1372	1379	Pierre de Corbeton
84	1379	1417	Alexandre de Montagu

15th century

No.	from	to	Surname
85	1417	1421	Jean de la Marche
86	1421	1434	Etienne de la Feuillée
87	1434	1438	Pierre Brenot
88	1439	1468	Hugues de Montconis
89	1468	1474	Humbert de Saubiez
90	1474	1476	Gauthier de Fallerans
91	1476	1478	Philibert Hugonet - since 1473 Bishop of Macon and cardinal under Pope Sixtus IV. Died on August 12, 1478 in Rome.
92	1478	1487	Louis de Dinteville - no longer in office since 1484.
92	1484	1487	Geoffroi III. de Pompadour - led the office on behalf of the incapacitated Louis de Dinteville. 1465 to 1469 Bishop of Angoulême , 1470 to 1480 Bishop of Périgueux .
94	1488	1490	Pierre de Foix - son of Gaston IV, Count of Foix and Queen Eleanor of Navarre . Bishop of Vannes , Bishop of Aire and Archbishop of Palermo . Cardinal under Pope Sixtus IV.
95	1490	1507	Claude de Charmes

16th Century

No.	from	to	Surname
96	1525	1541	Federigo Fregoso - Bishop of Gubbio , Archbishop of Salerno and Cardinal under Pope Paul III.

Commendati abbots

from	to	Surname
1613	1625	Nicolas Jeannin
1625	1658	Nicolas Jeannin de Castille
1658	1662	Jules Mazarin
1662	1710	Charles Maurice Le Tellier - Archbishop of Reims from 1671 to 1710 .
1710	1758	Pierre Desmarets
1758	1775	Mathias Poncet de La Rivière

literature

• Abbé L. Chomton: Histoire de l'église Saint-Bénigne de Dijon, Dijon, 1900, liste des abbés., P. 455 below.
• Constance Brittain Bouchard: Sword, Miter, and Cloister: Nobility and the Church in Burgundy, 980-1198. Cornell University Press, Ithaca 1987.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints: Eustadius of Saint-Bénigne
2. ↑ Prosographie: Secular and church officials 741-768
3. ↑ André-Joseph Ansart: Histoire de Sainte Reine d'Alise et de l'Abbaye de Flavigny, Paris 1783, pp 167-171.