Pardulus of Laon explained

Pardulus of Laon 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.

Pardulus was a deacon of the cathedral of Reims before he became bishop. He was a bishop elect (episcopus vocatus) by April 847.[1] 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.[2]

Notes and References

  1. 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.
  2. [Janet Nelson]

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