Lives of Saints Theodoric and John of Cambrai
Hincmar, Archbishop of Reims, wrote or transmitted accounts extolling the virtues of Saints Theodoric and John, bishops of Cambrai, cited by Lapide as exemplars of episcopal holiness.
Preliminaries
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TO THE MOST REVEREND AND MOST ILLUSTRIOUS LORD HENRY FRANCIS VAN DER BURCH, ARCHBISHOP AND DUKE OF CAMBRAI, PRINCE OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, COUNT OF CAMBRAI.
— Hincmar cited as extolling the virtues of St. Theodoric of Cambrai
"Saint Theodoric was his near equal, whose virtues Hincmar, Archbishop of Reims, extols."
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TO THE MOST REVEREND AND MOST ILLUSTRIOUS LORD HENRY FRANCIS VAN DER BURCH, ARCHBISHOP AND DUKE OF CAMBRAI, PRINCE OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, COUNT OF CAMBRAI.
— Hincmar cited as celebrating St. John, successor of Theodoric
"Likewise Saint John, his successor, celebrated by the same Hincmar."