Claudius of Turin

Claudius of Turin
Bishop of Turin
ChurchCatholic Church
SeeTurin
In office817–827
Personal details
Bornunknown
possible: Spain
Died827
possible: Turin

Theological work
EraMedieval age
Tradition or movementCatholicism
Main interestsIconoclasm
Notable ideas
  • Iconoclasm
  • Equality of the Apostles
  • Fallibility of the Church
Louis the Pious, Holy Roman Emperor and for a time a chief patron of Claudius.

Claudius of Turin (or Claude) (fl. 810–827)[1][2] was the Catholic bishop of Turin from 817 until his death.[3] He was a courtier of Louis the Pious and was a writer during the Carolingian Renaissance. He is most noted for teaching iconoclasm,[3] a radical idea at that time in Latin Church, and for some teachings that prefigured those of the Protestant Reformation.[4] He was attacked as a heretic in written works by Saint Dungal and Jonas of Orléans.

  1. ^ M. Gorman 1997, p. 279
  2. ^ S. F. Wemple 1974, p. 222
  3. ^ a b F. L. Cross; E. A. Livingstone, eds. (13 March 1997). The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, 3rd edition. USA: Oxford University Press. pp. 359. ISBN 0-19-211655-X.
  4. ^ Raaijmakers, Janneke (2017). "I, Claudius. Self-styling in early medieval debate". ResearchGate.