TOUL (Tullium, *Tullum Leucorum*). — On the left bank of the Moselle, where the Rhine canal forms a harbor, it belonged to the ancient province of Belgica, which had Trier as its metropolis.
At the end of the 10th century, Adsone knew the *Gesta praecedentium Leucorum urbis antistitum*. In the first half of the 12th century, a clerk of T. compiled a catalogue of its bishops. The first is Mansuetus, whose life was written by Adsone, followed by Amo, both buried in the church of S. Peter (St-Mansuy). The fifth is Auspicius (d. c. 470), mentioned by Sidonius Apollinaris (Ep., IV, 17; VII, 10). S. Aper (Ebvre), who is said to have founded the suburban church of S. Maurice, is listed on 15 Sept. in the Bern manuscript of the *Martyrologium Hieronymianum*. Alodius was present at the Council of Orléans in 549; Eudila at that of Paris in 614; Leudinus, surnamed Bodo, brother of St Salaberga, founded the monastery of Bonmoutier; James signed the privilege of Gorze at Compiègne in 757; Fraterius, consecrated c. 813, attended the Council of Magnona in 829: much of his correspondence survives (PL 106, 863 sqq.). Arnulf was present at Savonnières in 859, at Tussey in 860, at Aquignana in 862, at Attigny in 870; Arnulf attended the Councils of Ponthion in 876 and of Troyes in 878. St Gauzelin (922–62) founded the monastery of Notre-Dame de Bouxières; Bruno of Dagsburg (1026–49) later became Pope Leo IX (v.). Also noteworthy are G. Fillâtre (1449–60); Cardinal John of Lorraine (1517–43); Charles of Lorraine, cardinal of Vaudémont (1580–87); Cardinal Nicolas François of Lorraine (1625–34); A. de Saussay (1649–75), who wrote the *Martyrologium Gallicanum*. The see of T. suffered during the Investiture Controversy. In the 16th century, together with Metz and Verdun, it formed the territory of the *Trois-Évêchés*.
TOUL — TOURING CLUB ITALIANO