Aymon de Chissé was the name of two 15th-century bishops of Nice and

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Aymon I

Aymon I (died 1428) was the nephew of Ralph de Chissé, also bishop of Grenoble and later

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. Aymon became bishop of Grenoble in 1388. As bishop and art lover he built the sanctuary of the

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with its Gothic sculptures. During his episcopate, the first public clock in Grenoble was commissioned (23 June 1398) and set in the

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of the Collegiate Church of Saint-André, Grenoble,Gilbert Bouchard, L'histoire de l'Isère en BD, (Éditions Glénat), vol.2, page 45. In 1424, he had built the Notre-Dame Hospital in the Rue Chenoise,

. In 1427 he exchanged bishoprics with his nephew Aymon II, bishop of Nice, and died the following year.

Aymon II

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of the Collegiate Church of Saint-André, Grenoble until becoming bishop of Nice in 1422. He exchanged his

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with his uncle in 1427 to become his successor as bishop of Grenoble. Aymon II attended the

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in 1431 where he was responsible for beginning the ''formalities of absence'' against

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, who had refused the summons to address the council. Aymon II died in 1450.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Aymon de Chisse Year of birth unknown 15th-century French Roman Catholic bishops Bishops of Nice Bishops of Grenoble