Saint Loup | |
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 Saint Lupus of Sens givingalms—from a 14th-century manuscript | |
| Born | Orléans, France |
| Died | 623 |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Beatified | pre-congregation |
| Feast | Sept. 1[1] |
SaintLupus of Sens (orSaint Loup de Sens) (born c. 573; died c. 623)[2] was the nineteenthbishop of Sens.
He was the son of Betton, Count of Tonnerre, "Blessed Betto," a member of theroyal house of theKingdom of Burgundy.[2]He distinguished himself by his tact and firmness in dealing with the rival Merovingian Princes of his time.[3]
TheRomanesque church dedicated to Saint Loup atNaud, 8 km fromProvins in Champagne in the east of France is distinguished by the outstanding sculptures in the porch of its great doorway, with an ambitiousiconographic program in which Saint Loup mediates entry into the mystery of theTrinity. About 980, Sevinus,archbishop of Sens, made a gift to theBenedictine community of theabbey of Saint-Pierre-le-Vif at Sens of four altarsin villa que dicitus Naudus, in honore sancti lupi consecratum—"in the demesne that is called Naud, consecrated in honor of Saint Loup"—betokening the presence of a shrine already on this site, a priory under the direction of the abbot of Saint-Pierre-le-Vif. Other documents mentionSaint-Loup-de-Naud among the possessions of the abbey at Sens, seat of an archbishop with close political ties to the French Crown, who had Paris within his diocese. Thus, though it lay so close to Provins, a seat of thecounts of Champagne and the abbey church was completed by Henri le Libéral, comte de Champagne, the priory at Saint-Loup-de-Naud looked to Sens for its patronage: a visit from the abbot is documented in 1120. In 1160/61 Hugues de Toucy, Archbishop of Sens, presented to the priory the relic of Saint Loup, brought from the abbey of Sainte-Colombe, to that community's dismay;[4] the sculptedportail with an iconography comparable to the royal portal atChartres[5] was doubtless undertaken shortly thereafter, whenpilgrimages brought wealth to the community.
The priory was laid waste by the English in 1432, during theHundred Years' War and again by theHuguenots in 1567, during theFrench Wars of Religion.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in thepublic domain.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Sens".Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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