RANOLPH d’HOMBLIÈRES (Ranulphus, Arnulfus de Humberlonia, Albumeria). — Theologian and bishop, born in Normandy at the beginning of the 13th century, died in Paris on 12 November 1288.
Parish priest of St-Gervais, in 1272 he became canon of Notre-Dame and shortly thereafter magister theologiae and regent at the University of Paris. On 27 June 1280 he succeeded Stephen Tempier in the episcopal see. During his tenure, the opposition of the secular masters against the regulars intensified. In November 1282, R. prompted a consultation of 15 masters on the dispute, and in 1285–86 he intervened in the matter concerning Giles of Rome. He bequeathed a modest sum to Notre-Dame to fund the celebration of the feast of the Immaculate Conception.
He wrote: 2 Quodlibeta (manuscripts, Paris, Arsenal 370); he treated topics on De Deo, De Christo (including two utrum on the Eucharistic Body), De Angelo, De homine pro (casuistry also on Confession); 14 Sermons (manuscripts, Paris, Bibl. nat., mss. lat. 16, 48; 16, 48; 14, 947); festive discourses, two of which were delivered as bishop.