List of abbots of Saint-Denis
This is a list of abbots and grand priors of the Basilica of Saint-Denis.
This list is drawn mostly from Félicie d'Ayzac, Histoire de Saint-Denys (Paris, 1861), Vol. 1, pp. cxxiii–cxxxi.
Abbots
For the first part of this list, dates may indicate attestations and not dates of reign.
- Dodo : 627
- Chunuald : 632[lower-alpha 1]
- Aigulf : before 639[lower-alpha 2]
- Wandebercht : 647[lower-alpha 3]
- Charderic : 678×690[lower-alpha 4]
- Chaino : 690–696
- Dalphinus : 709/710
- Chillardus : 710–716
- Turnoald : 717[lower-alpha 5]
- Hugh I : 718–730
- ?Berthoald : 723[lower-alpha 6]
- Godobald : 726
- Amalbert : 749[lower-alpha 7]
- Fulrad : 750–784
- Maginarius : 789–793
- Fardulf : 793–806
- Waldo of Reichenau : 806–814
- Hilduin († 841) : 814–841
- Louis : 841–867
- Charles the Bald : 867–877 (in commendam)
- Gozlin I : 877–886
- Ebles : 886–903 (in commendam)
- Robert I : 903–923 (in commendam)
- Hugh II : 923–956 (in commendam)
- Hugh III : 956–??? (in commendam)
- Gozlin II :[lower-alpha 8]
- Gerard
- Robert II : 980[lower-alpha 9]
- Odilo : 994
- Vivian : 998
- Hugh IV : 1049–1062
- Raynier : 1067
- William I : 1071
- Yves I : 1091
For the remainder of the list dates are regnal dates.
- 1094/1099–1122 : Adam
- 1122–1151 : Suger
- 1151–1162 : Odo II of Deuil
- 1162–1169 : Odo III of Taverny
- 1169–1173 : Yves II
- 1173–1180 : William II of Gap, dismissed by the king
- 1186–1197 : Hugh V Foucaut
- 1197–1204 : Hugh VI of Milan
- 1204–1221 : Henry I Troon
- 1221–1229 : Pierre d'Auteuil
- 1228–1245 : Odo IV
- 1246–1253 : William III
- 1254–1258 : Henry II Mallet, resigned
- 1258–1286 : Matthew of Vendôme
- 1286–1304 : Renaud de Giffard
- 1304–1325 : Gilles I de Pontoise
- 1326–1343 : Guy I de Châtres, resigned
- 1343–1351 : Gilles II Rigaud
- 1351–1354 : Gauthier II de Pontoise
- 1354–1363 : Robert III de Fontenay
- 1363–1393 : Guy de Monceau
- 1393–1418 : Philippe I de Vilette
- 1418–1431 : Jean I de Borbon
- 1431–1442 : Guillaume IV Farréchal
- 1442–1464 : Philippe II de Gamaches
- 1464–1474 : Jean II Jouffroy
- 1474–1499 : Jean III de Villiers
- 1499–1505 : Antoine de la Haye
- 1505–1517 : Pierre II de Gouffier
- 1517–1519 : Aymar Gouffier de Boisy
- 1519–1529 : Jean d'Orimont
- 1529–1557 : Louis II de Bourbon-Vendôme, in commendam
- 1557–1574 : Charles II
- 1574–1589 : Louis III de Lorraine
- 1589–1594 : Charles III
- 1594–1622 : Louis IV de Lorraine
- 1622–1642 : Henri III de Lorraine
- 1642–1654 : Armand de Bourbon
- 1654-1661 : Jules Mazarin
- 1662-1679 : Jean-François Paul de Gondi
Grand priors
In 1691, Louis XIV suppressed the title of abbot and subsequent superiors bear the title of grand prior. Its revenues were given to the Maison royale de Saint-Louis.
- 1691 Charles le Bouyer
- 1693 Julien Raguideau
- 1696 Pierre Arnould de Loo
- 1702 Mathieu Gilbert
- 1705 Charles Petey de l'Hostellerie
- 1708 Pierre Arnould de Loo
- 1711 Denys de Sainte Marthe
- 1714 Robert Marchand
- 1717 Denys de Sainte Marthe
- 1720 François Anseaume
- 1723 Pierre Richer
- 1729 Pierre du Biez
- 1736 Joseph Castel
- 1741 Pierre du Biez (par commission)
- 1741 Joseph Avril
- 1748 Pierre Boucher
- 1751 Jacques Nicolas Chrestien
- 1760 Pierre Boucher
- 1763 Jacques Nicolas Chrestien (élection faite à Marmoutiers)
- 1766 Joseph Delrue
- 1767 René Gillot
- 1770 Jacques Nicolas Chrestien
- 1773 Pierre Français Boudier
- 1775 André de Malaret
- 1778 Pierre Bourdin
- 1781 Pierre François Boudier
- 1784 Pierre Bourdin
- 1788 André de Malaret
- 1791 François Verneuil
In 1792, the abbey was secularized amidst the French Revolution. In October 1793, the tombs of the abbey were ransacked. On 25 March 1809, the buildings were given to the Maison d'éducation de la Légion d'honneur.
Notes
- Mentioned in a charter of Dagobert I.
- Pseudo-Fredegar places him in the reign of Dagobert I.
- Mentioned in a charter of Chlothar III.
- Mentioned in a charter that can be placed between 678 and 698.
- Described with the title of custos of Saint-Denis.
- He is mentioned only in a forged document.
- The necrology of Saint-Denis dates his death 6 June 749.
- Mentioned in a charter of Richard I of Normandy.
- Mentioned in a charter of Otto III.
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