Pardulus of Laon (original) (raw)

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Pardulus of Laon[a] was bishop of Laon from 847 to 857. He is known for his participation in theological controversy. A letter of his to Hincmar of Reims is known.[1]

Pardulus was a deacon of the cathedral of Reims before he became bishop. He was a bishop elect (episcopus vocatus) by April 847.[2] In the early 850s he was an ally of Robert the Strong and on good terms with the king, Charles the Bald, and the queen, Ermentrude.[3]

1. ^ Pardoul, Pardule de Laon, Pardulus Laudunensis.

2. ^ Page in French, online text in Latin[usurped]

3. ^ Henry G. J. Beck, "The Selection of Bishops Suffragan to Hincmar of Rheims, 845–882", The Catholic Historical Review, 45, 3 (1959):. 277 n. 9, cites a document showing him as a deacon there in June 845.

4. ^ Janet Nelson, Charles the Bald (London: Longman, 1992), 176.