Archambaud of Troyes

Archambaud of Troyes, sometimes also called of Vermandois, was archbishop of Sens in the middle of the 10th century and died in 967 or 968. He appears among the saints of Burgundy in some Western lists, but our sources show no veneration of him as a saint.

He was a son of Robert I of Vermandois, count of Meaux. In 959 he was consecrated archbishop of Sens by Pope John XII, with the help of his cousin Rainard the Old, count of Sens. With him and with his father he drove out the bishop of Troyes, Ansegisus. He took part in the raising of the bodies of Saint Columba and Saint Lupus and in the synod of the bishops of the provinces of Reims and Sens, around 962, which discussed the successor of Artaud of Reims.

A historical dictionary of Yonne presents him as raised in luxury, with the habits of a soldier. After the fire of June 967 he is said to have settled at the abbey of Saint-⁠Pierre-⁠le-⁠Vif at Sens, where, it is said, he put his dogs and falcons in the monastery buildings and drove out and even killed the monks. He died in unclear circumstances, and his body was found bare on the ground in the refectory; he was buried at Saint-⁠Pierre-⁠le-⁠Vif. His veneration as a saint remains in doubt; no Orthodox synodal canonization is known.