ENEA di PARIGI. - Bishop and theologian, born at the beginning of the 9th century, died in Paris on 27 Dec. 870. Head of the Chancery of Carlo il Calvo, he distinguished himself by his industry and by the favour with which he handled ecclesiastical affairs (“fervor in divinis rebus”: Epist. Guenilonis [inter epist. Lupi Ferrar.]; PL 119, 574).
At the death of Encarnado, the king presented E. as candidate for the see of Paris, and the bishops of the province of Sens willingly accepted him (856). As soon as he was elected, he subscribed four chapters concerning predestination, around which the lively ORDALIA (v.) was then unfolding. He took part in the numerous councils held on that occasion in the territory of Carlo il Calvo. On behalf of the bishops of the province of Sens, who had been invited by Pope Nicola I to refute the accusations of Fazio, he wrote a treatise Adversus Graecus in 210 chapters (PL 121, 685-762). It is a simple compilation of patristic texts in defence of the Filioque, priestly celibacy, Roman primacy, and various Latin usages.