Saint
Thierry II of Orléans
A saint honored at Orléans in France, who reposed in 1022.
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- Reposed
- 102211th century
Life
Thierry II of Orléans was bishop of Orléans in France in the 11th century, and he died in 1022. In some French sources he is called Saint Thierry.
He succeeded Bishop Foulque I, who died between 1008 and 1013, and was appointed against the wishes of the count of Blois, but with the support of King Robert the Pious. He was trained at the monastery of Saint-Pierre-le-Vif at Sens, whose abbot was his uncle Renard, and belonged to the house of Broyes in Champagne. The count of Blois's candidate, Oury, disrupted the service of his consecration, then attacked him and made him fall from his horse. Bishop Fulbert of Chartres protested against the royal intervention, but later calmed things.
In December 1022, at the synod convened at Christmas to judge the heretics of Orléans, Thierry, thought too close to them, was replaced by Oury. According to another source, he took refuge in the Sens monastery where he had been raised and was on his way to Rome, probably to plead his cause before the pope.
Our sources show no liturgical veneration and no day of remembrance. He is counted among saints in some Western lists; no Orthodox synodal canonization is known.