Robert II "le Pieux", King of
France 996-1031 (972-1031)
Born 27 March 972 Orleans
Died 20 July 1031 Melun
Married circa 1001
Constance de Provence
Born circa 986 Arles
Died 25 July 1032 Melun
About 1018 the 'Manichaean' teachings appeared in Aquitaine; this sect
not only rejected both baptism and the Cross but apparently observed strict
asceticism. Ten years later, ten of the canons of the Church of the Holy
Cross at Orleans were accused of being 'Manichaeans' and of
worshipping the devil. These canons, which included the confessor of
Queen Constance, rejected the sacraments of the Church and denied the human
birth of Christ together with the reality of his Passion and Resurrection.
Brought to trial before the King, Robert 'the Pious', and an assemblage
of bishops, these heretics were consigned to the flames, yet not before
Queen Constance struck out the eye of her former confessor.
Source: Leo van de Pas
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