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Saint William of Paris (William of Æbelholt, William of the Paracelte, William of Eskhill) (c.
1127 –
Easter Sunday,
1203) was a
French-born churchman of
Denmark.
Life
He was educated by his uncle Hugh, forty-second Abbot of
Saint-Germain-des-Prés at
Paris; and having been ordained subdeacon received a canonry in the Church of
Sainte-Geneviève-du-Mont. His exemplary life didn't commend him to his fellow canons, who tried to rid themselves of his presence, and even prevented by slander his ordination to the diaconate by the
Bishop of Paris. William obtained this order from the
Bishop of Senlis by his uncle's intercession, and was soon afterwards presented by the canons to the little priory of
Epinay. In 1148, by order of
Pope Eugene III, the secular canons of Ste-Geneviève were replaced by canons regular from the Parisian monastery of St. Victor, whose prior, Odo, was made abbot of Ste-Genevieve. William soon afterwards joined the new community and was made sub-prior. In this position he showed great zeal for the religious life, and on one occasion opposed the entry of a new prior who had obtained his position irregularly; for this he was punished by Abbot Garin, successor of Odo, but his action was finally supported by
Pope Alexander III.
In
1161 Absalon,
Bishop of Roskilde in Denmark, sent to Paris the provost of his cathedral to obtain canons regular for the reform of the monastery of St. Thomas of
Eskilsø. In 1165 William journeyed to Denmark with three companions, and became abbot of that house. In spite of difficulties arising from poverty and opposition on the part of the community he reformed the monastery and in 1178 transferred it to
Æbelholt, or the
Paraclete, in
Zeeland.
He was entrusted with important business by Absalon, now Archbishop of
Lund, and intervened in the case of
Philip Augustus of France who was attempting to repudiate his wife
Ingeborg (1175–1236), daughter of
Valdemar I of Denmark.
The
genealogy of the Danish kings which he drew up on this occasion to disprove the alleged impediment of
consanguinity and two books of his letters, some of which deal with this affair, have come down to us, and together with an account of probable authenticity of the invention of the
relics of Ste-Geneviève in
1161 and a few charters relating to his monastery may be found in P.L., CCIX. An account of his miracles is given in the
Vita written by one of his younger disciples.
He was
canonized by
Pope Honorius III in 1224. His feast is commemorated on
18 June.
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