Evrard de Fouilloy Head

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Bishop Evrard de Fouilloy 1211-1222

d. 1222. Bronze, cast with lost wax technique.

Notice: this tomb was originally on the axis of the nave, just inside the west portal (marked with red circle); it was displaced in 1762 and again in 1867.

Inscription: Qui populum pavit: qui fundamenta locavit huius structure
Cuius fuit urbs data cure. Hic redolens nardus; fama requiescit Ewardus, vir pius.
Afflictis viduis, tutela relictis, custos quos poterat recreabit munere verbis
Mitibus agnus erat, tumidis leo lima superbis

He who provided for the people, who laid the foundations of this edifice, to whose care the city was entrusted: here lies Evrardus, whose good repute was as sweet as balsam; a man [who was] good to oppressed widows, the guardian and defender of the orphans whom he used to protect, who brought encouragement everywhere through word and deed, to the meek he was a lamb, to the self-important a lion, to the proud a sword.

Evrard de Fouilloy, 1211-1222, came from a family who were lords Fouilloy 15km to west on Somme--vassals of abbey of Corbie. Evrard's cousin was the archbishop of Reims, Guillaume de Joinville, 1219-26.
Evrard was sub-deacon at Amiens from 1192 and deacon from 1196. He entered Arras chapter as canon in 1198 and chanter 1202 to 1210.
His predecessor, Richard de Gerberoy died in May 1210, Amiens chapter elected Evrard in Dec 1211.
Evrard was at the 4th Lateran Council 1215
He reinforced episcopal authority by limiting power of archdeacon. Encouraged foundation of secular colleges at Vignacourt (1216) and Noyelles-sur-Mer (1216) as well as Cistercian monastery of Paraclete (1219).
He created three new dignitaries for the chapter
He died in November 1222. Unlike his predecessors who were buried in the nearby monastery of S-Martin-aux-JUmeaux, Evrard chose a site in the center of the western end of the nave of Amiens Cathedral.

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Evrard de Fouilloy Head

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Bishop Evrard de Fouilloy 1211-1222