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Leudigisil

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Leudégisile (fl 641) was the 22nd bishop of Reims from 631 to 641.[1][2][3]

He was of a noble family and had as brother of Attila who was bishop of Laon. He was elected Bishop of Reims following Sonnace and in 633 he took part in the installation of Aubert, Bishop of Cambrai.

Leudegisilus is known from Flodoard,[4] where he is made a contemporary of King Dagobert, who died in 639.[5]

References

  1. ^ Flodoard, Histoire de l'église de Rheims (livre II, chapitre 6), (Paris, 1824).
  2. ^ M. H Fisquet, La France Pontificale, E. Repos, Libraire-Éditeur, (Paris, 1864), p. 23.
  3. ^ L. Duchesne, Fastes épiscopaux de l’Ancienne Gaule. Tome III. Provinces du Sud-Est, (Paris, Albert Fontemoing, Éditeur, 1915), p. 83.
  4. ^ Flodoard, Historia ecclesiae Remensis, Book II, chapter 6.
  5. ^ Duchesne, Louis (1915). Fastes épiscopaux de l'ancienne Gaule, vol III. (Paris: E. de Boccard. ,1915) p. 84, no. 22.