Ivo of Chartres
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Saint Ivo of Chartres (Yves) (c. 1040 – 1115) was bishop of Chartres from 1090-1115 and an important ecclesiastical figure and canon lawyer during the Investiture Crisis.
Ivo is claimed to have studied at the Abbey of Bec in Normandy under Lanfranc where he would have met Anselm (like Lanfranc a future archbishop of Canterbury). In 1069 or not much later, he became, at the desire of his bishop, prior of the canons of St-Quentin at Beauvais. He was appointed bishop of Chartres in 1090, having succeeded Geoffroy of Chartres, and was strongly opposed to simony during his rule.
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.
Three extensive canonical works, the "Tripartita", a Decretum and the Panormia are attributed to Ivo. He was an extensive letter writer.
The saint's feast is kept, since 1570, on 20 May; it is not known when he was canonized.
[edit] External links
- Ivo of Chartres collection
- Works by or about Ivo of Chartres in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
