Simon Matifas de Bucy
Simon Matifas de Bucy | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Paris | |
Simon's effigy in the chapel of Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs. | |
| In office | 1290 - 1304 |
| Predecessor | Renaud de Hombliéres |
| Successor | Guillaume de Baufet |
| Other posts | Judge in the Exchequer of Normandy archdeacon of Reims canon in Paris, Laon and Soissons. |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 1304 |
Simon Matifas de Bucy (died 1304) was Bishop of Paris from 1290 until his death.[1]
Life
He was born in Bucy, in Soissons. Before being bishop, he was a judge in the Exchequer of Normandy and later archdeacon of Reims and canon in Paris, Laon and Soissons.[2][3][4] However, after the death of Renaud de Hombliéres, the bishop of Paris, and the following demise of his elected successor, Adenulphe d'Agnani, before consecration, Simon Matifas was elected as bishop in 1290[2][3].
In 1290, Simon is said to have burned a jew at the stake due to presumed host desecration. The host was reportedly burned but survived[2][3]. The Church of Les Billettes was built on the site of the supposed miracle.
With his donations, Matifas financed the construction of three chapels in Notre-Dame de Paris. His tomb is located in that same cathedral.[4]
Matifas died in 1304[2][3][4].
References
- ^ Gams, Pius Bonifacius (1857). Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae. Internet Archive. Graz Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt. p. 596.
- ^ a b c d Jaunay, Louis Auteur du texte (1884). Histoire des évêques et archevêques de Paris / par Louis Jaunay,... pp. 182–191.
- ^ a b c d Sainte-Marthe, Scévole de (1744). Gallia christiana, in provincias ecclesiasticas distributa: qua series et historia archiepiscoporum, episcoporum et abbatum Franciæ vicinarumque ditionum ab origine ecclesiarum ab [!] nostra tempora deducitur, & probatur ex authenticis instrumentis ad calcem appositis (in Latin). ex Typographia regia. pp. 119–122.
- ^ a b c Guillouët, Jean-Marie; Kazerouni, Guillaume (2008). "Le tombeau de Simon Matifas de Bucy : une nouvelle peinture médiévale à Notre-Dame de Paris". Revue de l'art (in French). 159 (1): 35–43. doi:10.3917/rda.159.0035. ISSN 0035-1326.