Theobold Of Vienne
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Saint Thibaud de Troyes was bishop of Vienne in southern France from March 8 57- May 21
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. Theobold of Vienne (927-1001), was born in the castle of Tolvon (Dauphiné), brought up at the royal court of Burgundy, educated at the Saint-Theudère de Saint-Chef abbey, and was archbishop of Vienne from 957 to 1001. A great unifier, canonized by the Dauphinois people, whose cult was approved by Pius X in 1902 and registered in the diocese of Grenoble. He was, in the 10th and 11th centuries, one of the promoters of the Romanesque abbey of Saint-Theudère, participating in the creation of its frescoes which today make the town famous worldwide. He had in his line another saint, one of his great-grandnephews, whose high destiny he prophesied: Thibaut de Provins (1039-1066). The two Thibauts belong to the famous lineage of the Bosonids, a powerful and violent family of feudal lords.


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