Person:Joscelin, Bishop of Paris (1)
Joscelin _____, Bishop of Paris
 
d.16 Apr 886
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  1. Bilichilde of Maine817 - 841
  2. Roricon _____, Count du Maine III
  3. Joscelin _____, Bishop of Paris - 886
  4. Gauzfrid of Maine - 877
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Name[1] Joscelin _____, Bishop of Paris
Alt Name[2] Gauzlin _____, Bishop of Paris
Gender Male
Death[1][2] 16 Apr 886
Reference Number? Q1348660?


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Joscelin, Goslin, or Gauzlin (died 16 April 886), Bishop of Paris and defender of the city against the Northmen (885), was, according to some authorities, the son of Rorgon I, count of Maine, according to others the natural son of the emperor Louis I.

In 848 he became a monk, and entered a monastery at Reims, later he became abbot of Saint-Denis. Like most of the prelates of his time he took a prominent part in the struggle against the Northmen, by whom he and his brother Louis were taken prisoners (858), and he was released only after paying a heavy ransom (Prudentii Trecensis episcopi Annales, ann. 858). From 855 to 867 he held intermittently, and from 867 to 881 regularly, the office of chancellor to Charles the Bald and his successors.

In 883 or 884 he was elected bishop of Paris, and foreseeing the dangers to which the city was to be exposed from the attacks of the Northmen, he planned and directed the strengthening of the defences, though he also relied for security on the merits of the relics of St Germain and St Genevieve. When the attack finally came (885), the defence of the city was entrusted to him and to Odo, Count of Paris, and Hugh the Abbot.

The city was attacked on 26 November and the struggle for the possession of the bridge (now the Pont-au-Change) lasted for two days; but Joscelin repaired the destruction of the wooden tower overnight, and the Vikings were obliged to give up the attempt to take the city by storm. The Siege of Paris lasted for about a year longer, while the emperor Charles the Fat was in Italy. Joscelin died soon after the preliminaries of the peace had been agreed on, worn out by his exertions, or killed by a pestilence which raged in the city. He was succeeded by Askericus.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Joscelin, Bishop of Paris, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 GAUZLIN (-16 Apr 886)., in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
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