Ivo of Chartres

Ivo (Yves) (born about 1040; died 1117) was bishop of Chartres from 1090-1117 and an important ecclesiastical figure and canon lawyer during the Investiture Crisis.

Related Topics:
Chartres - Canon lawyer - Investiture Crisis

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Ivo studied first in Paris and then at the Abbey of Bec in Normandy under Lanfranc where he would have met Anselm (like Lanfranc a future archbishop of Canterbury).

Related Topics:
Lanfranc - Anselm

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As bishop of Chartres and a canonist he opposed King Philip I's repudiation of his wife Bertha of Holland in order to marry Bertrade of Anjou in 1092. Ivo was briefly imprisoned for his opposition.

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Ivo prepared two extensive canonical works, a Decretum and the Panormia (around 1094).

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