The huge open space west of the cathedral is the Place du Parvis Notre-Dame. This oblong _place_ far exceeds the church itself in area, and gives to the west front a somewhat dwarfed appearance. On the left-hand side (looking east) is the vast Hotel Dieu, the modern name of the hospital, known as the Maison Dieu, which for centuries has been associated with Notre Dame. The present building was only completed in 1877. It is from the designs of M. Diet, and is by no means of an ornamental character, although the total cost was 36,400,000 francs. On the west side of the Place du Parvis are the barracks of the Garde Republicaine. Close to them is one of those open-air flower markets which are so charming and characteristic a feature of the Paris of to-day. [Illustration: NOTRE DAME IN THE XIII CENTURY, SHOWING THE BISHOP’S PALACE (L’ÉVÊCHÉ) ON THE LEFT. (_From “Paris à travers les Ages.”_)] CHAPTER VII. LIST OF THE BISHOPS AND ARCHBISHOPS OF PARIS. (I have adopted the spelling and dates generally given by French Catholic writers in compiling this list). St. Denis, who is counted as the first bishop by Roman Catholic writers, is said to have been succeeded by the following, of whom little or nothing is known: Mallo or Mallon; Massus; Marcus; Adventus; Ventorien; Paul; Prudence; St. Marcel (died about 436); Vivien; Felix; Flavien; Ursicien; Apedemius; Heraclitus (? 490-525); Probat; Amelius; Saffarac (545-552). Eusèbe I. (552-555). St. Germain (555-576). Raguemond (576-591). Eusèbe II. (592-594). Faramode (?); Simplicius (?); Saint Céran (606-621); Leudebert (?); Aubert. St. Landry (650-656). Chrodobert (656-663). Sigobrand (663-664). Importun (?). St. Agilbert (666-680). Sigefroid (?); Tournsaede (?); Adolphe (?); Bernechaire, (?). St. Hugues (722-730). Marséide. Fédole (?); Raguecapt (?); Madalbert (?); Desdefroid (?); Escheurade (?). Ermenfroi (?) Inchalde (809-831). Ercheurade (831-857). Enée (857-883). Ingelvin (?). Gozlin (883-886). Anschéric (886-911). Théodulphe or Gendulphe (911-922). This bishop is believed to have been succeeded by Falrade; Adelhelme; Gauthier I.; Albéric; Constante; Garin; Rainaud I.; Elisiard, and Giselbert. Renault II., de Vendome (992-1019). Azelin or Albert (?). Francon (1020-1030). Imbert Hesselin (1030-1060). Godefroi de Boulogne (1061-1093). Guillaume I. de Montfort (1095-1102). Foulques I. (1102-1104). Galon (1105-1116). Giselbert or Gilbert (1116-1124). Etienne I. de Senlis (1124-1142). Thiébault (1143-1157). Pierre Lombard (1158-1159). Maurice de Sully (1160-1196). Eudes de Sully (1197-1208). Pierre II. de Nemours (1208-1219). Guillaume de Seiguelay (1220-1223). Barthélémy (1223-1227). (The see is believed to have been vacant for a year) Guillaume d’Auvergne (also called Guillaume de Paris) (1228-1249). Gauthier II. de Chateau-Thierry (1249-1250). Renault III. de Corbeil (1250-1268). Etienne II. (1268-1279).