Maestranze
belghe, Vetrata con Beato Bonifacio di Losanna, vetro policromo; Bruxelles,
Chiesa di San Pietro di Uccle
Saint Boniface de
Lausanne
Évêque (+ 1265)
Né à Bruxelles au cœur de la cité historique au Caudenberg. De la famille des Cluting il a étudié la théologie à Paris à l'université, il est revenu pour être six ans durant doyen de la collégiale Sainte Gudule (l'actuelle cathédrale de Bruxelles); puis il fut nommé professeur de théologie à Paris en un temps où les critères étaient plus serrés, de là il est reparti pour fonder l'université de Mayence où il reçut la mission de devenir évêque de Lausanne.
Le poste était vacant depuis un petit temps et l'accueil fut des plus froids et difficile. Boniface de Bruxelles désira rénover la vie de l'Église mais fut en butte à l'influence des chanoines et l'hostilité de l'empereur. Il dut renoncer et demanda au pape de le relever de sa mission. Il l'obtint après plusieurs demandes et s'installa à l'abbaye cistercienne de la Cambre dans la forêt de Soignes.
Pendant 18 ans il se donna à la prière et à l'accueil des plus pauvres.
Boniface est vénéré dans l'abbatiale de la Cambre "c'est la sainteté de sa vie à travers les heurs et les malheurs qui nous parlent aujourd'hui du Seigneur"...
d'après un courrier reçu de la paroisse St-Boniface à Ixelles (Bruxelles)
À La Cambre près de Bruxelles, en 1260, le trépas de saint Boniface, qui fut
évêque de Lausanne et termina sa vie dans la piété auprès des moniales
cisterciennes du lieu.
Martyrologe romain
SOURCE : http://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/9992/Saint-Boniface-de-Lausanne.html
Chapelle
St Boniface à La Cambre
Boniface (saint)
19.2.1261. Originaire de Bruxelles -- on lui donne à tort Clutinc comme nom de famille, qui était celui du mari de sa sœur --, B. y recevra des bénéfices, mais sa carrière se déroulera ailleurs. De 1199 à 1229, il étudie et enseigne à Paris à la faculté des arts, puis à celle de théologie; il est écolâtre à Cologne de 1229 à 1231. Malgré ses charges intellectuelles et son intérêt pour Aristote, il ne semble pas avoir laissé d'œuvres. Le pape Grégoire IX le désigne comme évêque de Lausanne en 1231, pour mettre fin à deux ans de discordes locales. Soucieux de réformer son clergé et d'affirmer ses droits politiques, B. se heurte au chapitre cathédral et à la ville de Lausanne, surtout au début de son épiscopat; en 1234, l'évêque, qui a jeté l'interdit sur sa ville, doit même s'en remettre à des médiateurs étrangers au diocèse. Proche de Jourdain de Saxe, successeur de saint Dominique, il favorise l'arrivée des dominicains à Lausanne (1234). Hostile aux intérêts impériaux, il conteste notamment le contrôle que les chevaliers teutoniques exercent sur Berne par décision de l'empereur Frédéric II. Les autorités de Berne et de Morat s'allient pour abattre B. qui, violemment pris à partie et symboliquement dégradé, se réfugie à Rome. Grégoire IX prend de vives mesures contre ses agresseurs en juillet 1238, mais lui refuse plus d'un an la permission de résigner sa charge (1239). B. laisse pendant ce temps l'administration de son diocèse à Pierre de Grandson, l'un des principaux partisans de la Savoie. Malgré les efforts du pape, la succession de B. se réglera par la force, dans une guerre où Berne, Morat et la Savoie interviendront. Après son retrait, B. passe quelques années à Cambrai, Liège et Utrecht; il se retire chez les cisterciennes de la Cambre-Sainte-Marie, près de Bruxelles, où il meurt en odeur de sainteté. On a conservé une Vie de B., avec une liste de miracles, rédigée peu après sa mort, mais son culte ne s'est développé qu'à partir du XVIIe s.; béatifié en 1603, canonisé en 1702, on le fête le 19 février.
Bibliographie
– P. Glorieux, Répertoire des maîtres en théologie de Paris au XIIIe siècle, 1933, 291, no 126
– HS, I/4, 119-120
– V. Durussel, J.-D. Morerod, Le Pays de Vaud aux sources de son hist., 1990, 174-186
– P. Lefèvre et al., Chartes du chapitre de Sainte-Gudule à Bruxelles, 1047-1300, 1993, 77-78, no 59, 229, no 298
– J.-D. Morerod, Genèse d'une principauté épiscopale, 2000
Auteur(e): Jean-Daniel
Morerod
SOURCE : http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/f/F18468.php
Bottega gardenese, Beato Bonifacio di Losanna, primo quarto del XXI secolo, legno policromo
Also
known as
Boniface of Brussels
Boniface of Losanna
Bonifacio…
Profile
Educated at
the Universities
of Paris, France. Cistercian monk at
Cambre Abbey near Brussels, Belgium.
Noted for his learning, he taught at universities in Paris, France from 1222 to 1229,
and then in Cologne, Germany from 1229 to 1231. Bishop of Lausanne, Switzerland in 1231.
One of the bishops at
the First Council of Lyon. In his later years he retired to his old monastery of
Cambre to spend his latter days as a prayerful monk.
Born
1260 at
La Cambre Abbey, Brussels, Belgium of
natural causes
1702 by Pope Clement
XI
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MLA
Citation
“Saint Boniface of
Lausanne“. CatholicSaints.Info. 19 January 2024. Web. 23 February 2024.
<https://catholicsaints.info/saint-boniface-of-lausanne/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saint-boniface-of-lausanne/
Book of Saints
– Boniface of Lausanne
Article
BONIFACE of LAUSANNE
(Saint) Bishop (February 9) (13th century) A Cistercian monk of the Abbey of
Cambre, near Brussels. He was distinguished for his learning, and lectured at
Paris and at Cologne. Appointed Bishop of Lausanne, he laboured indefatigably
at the reform of Church discipline. In his old age he retired to die (A.D.
1265) in his monastery at Cambre.
MLA
Citation
Monks of Ramsgate.
“Boniface of Laus”. Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 5
September 2012.
Web. 23 February 2024.
<http://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-boniface-of-lausanne/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-boniface-of-lausanne/
St. Boniface of Lausanne
Feastday: February 19
Birth: 1183
Death: 1260Bishop of Lausanne. He was born in Brussels, Belgium, and educated
by the Cistercian nuns of
La Cambra nearby. After studying in Paris, France, he taught dogma there
and at Cologne, Germany. In 1230, he was made the bishop of
Lausanne, Switzerland. He served nine years and then resigned to live at the
Cistercian convent at
La Cambra as chaplain because
of an assault by agents of Emperor Frederick II after
he had publicly scolded the emperor and the local clergy for their corruption.
SOURCE : https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1820
Boniface of Lausanne, O.
Cist. B (AC)
Born in Brussels,
Belgium; died 1265; cultus approved in 1702. Boniface was educated by the nuns
of La Cambre (Camera Santa Mariae) near Brussels. Thereafter he studied in
Paris, where he taught dogma and became one of the best-known lecturers in the
university. He left the university during a student strike, when his pupils no
longer came to his classes, and transferred his chair to the University of
Cologne. About 1230, he was consecrated bishop of Lausanne, Switzerland, but
found that his zeal and frankness was met by misunderstanding and resentment.
Having incurred the enmity of Emperor Frederick II, Boniface was attacked and
badly wounded in 1239. Convinced he was unfit for office, he begged the pope to
release him. The Holy Father agreed. Boniface resigned to live at the
Cistercian convent of La Cambre as chaplain to the nuns. It is uncertain
whether he actually became a Cistercian or simply lived out his life among them
(Benedictines, Walsh). Saint Boniface is portrayed as a Cistercian bishop with
an image of the Virgin and Child on a book. Venerated in Brussels, Cologne,
Lausanne, and Paris (Roeder).
SOURCE : http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0219.shtml
Saint Boniface of
Lausanne
Jun 30, 2015 /
Written by: America
Needs Fatima
FEAST FEBRUARY 19
Boniface was born in
Belgium in 1205, and when he was just 17, was sent to study at a university in
Paris.
Once he completed his
education, he remained at the university as a teacher, and over the course of
seven years, became a very popular lecturer.
When the students at the
university became locked in a dispute with their teachers and started
boycotting classes, Boniface left Paris to fill a post at the cathedral school
in Cologne.
Just two years later, in
1230, Boniface was elected Bishop of Lausanne. He accepted his new position
enthusiastically and devoted all his energies to the spiritual leadership of
his diocese.
But his eight years as
Bishop of Lausanne were riddled with disputes, and the people of his diocese
were discontented with his frank and open ways in the pulpit: he publicly
scolded Emperor Frederick II and the local clergy for their corruption.
As a result of this
rebuke, in 1239 he was attacked and gravely wounded by Frederick's men. This
caused Boniface to ask Pope Gregory IX for permission to resign as bishop. The
pope agreed, and Boniface returned to his native Belgium and began living at
the Cistercian monastery at La Cambre.
Although he stayed there
for the rest of his life and wore the habit of the order, he apparently never
became a Cistercian.
Boniface was canonized in
1702.
SOURCE : https://americaneedsfatima.org/articles/saint-boniface-of-lausanne?
Châsse de Saint Boniface
Bonifatius
of Brussels shrine
Beato Bonifacio di
Losanna Vescovo
Bruxelles, 1180/1181 - La
Chambre, 19 febbraio 1260
Etimologia: Bonifacio
= che ha buona fortuna, dal latino
Emblema: Bastone
pastorale
Martirologio
Romano: A La Chambre nei pressi di Bruxelles nel Brabante, nell’odierno
Belgio, deposizione del beato Bonifacio, già vescovo di Losanna, che condusse
vita ascetica tra i monaci cistercensi del luogo.
Nato a Bruxelles nel
1181, o nel 1182, Bonifacio, dal 1222 al 1229 insegnò teologia all'università
di Parigi, presso la quale si era laureato nella stessa disciplina. In seguito
allo sciopero dei suoi alunni, che protestavano perché alcuni di loro erano
stati uccisi dalla polizia, Bonifacio abbandonò Parigi e si recò a Colonia per
insegnarvi ancora teologia. L' 11 marzo 1231 fu nominato vescovo di Losanna, e
lo zelo da lui posto nella riforma dei costumi dei fedeli e del clero, ma,
specialmente, la fortezza con cui difese i diritti della Chiesa gli valsero le
persecuzioni dei potenti. L'imperatore Federico II mandò soldati a Losanna con
l'ordine di ucciderlo e il beato, ferito, si salvò miracolosamente.
Gonsiderando, però, che non poteva più lavorare con frutto, il 15 luglio 1239
rinunziò alla diocesi e si ritirò a La Chambre, presso Bruxelles, fungendo da
cappellano in un monastero di monache cistercensi. Non risulta, però che
Bonifacio sia entrato nell'Ordine. Nel 1245 prese parte al concilio di Lione e
il 19 febbraio 1260 morì a La Chambre. Il suo culto fu riconosciuto nel 1702
nell'Ordine cistercense, che ne celebra la festa il giorno anniversario della
morte. Una confraternita, eretta in suo onore a La Chambre, ebbe delle
indulgenze nel 1851, mentre le reliquie, già a Bruxelles, nel 1935 furono
trasportate a La Chambre.
Autore: Alfonso
Codaghengo
