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Sully, Maurice de
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Sully, Maurice de (mōrēs` də sülē`), c.1100–1196, French bishop. After studying theology in Paris he was named (1160) bishop of that city. While serving in this position he instigated the building of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris.


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According to the local legends, the Bishop of Paris, Maurice de Sully then sketched some architectural plans for the establishment of a new cathedral.
Noble as director of the Medieval Institute, a seventh and an eighth manuscript were being purchased--two volumes of thirteenth-century sermon collections both copied in Paris, with one containing hitherto unpublished texts of the twelfth-century university professor and later bishop of Paris, Maurice de Sully.
 
 
 
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