Bernard d'Anduze was a
bishop of Nîmes,
France
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from 949 to 986.
Background
He was part of the
House of Anduze, owners of a large
manor of Lower
Languedoc
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Most of its territory is now contained in the modern-day region of Occitanie in Southern France. Its capital city was Toulouse. It had an area of approximately .
History
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, attested from the early tenth century. Bernard was the brother of Peter I, the first of the Lords of Anduze.
Often
episcopate
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s in France at this time were often considered the heritage of a few powerful families and this is what we see in the
episcopal see of Nimes. From the middle of the tenth century, the episcopal see of Nîmes is jointly controlled by the counts of Toulouse (masters County Nîmes) and the Trencavel (Viscount of
Albi
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) . Until the end of the eleventh century, the seat of alternated between members of the family Trencavel and family members of Anduze. The bishop of Nîmes was then a rather powerful figure.
Career
In the Episcopal catalog Bernard Anduze is designated twenty-second bishop, sitting between and , son of Bernard the
Viscount
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of Nimes.
On 7 July 971, he held a meeting where he held a trial between the count Raymond II and Amelius,
Bishop of Agde
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, who were in conflict for the possession of the church of St. Martin and several villages in the
County of Agde. Bernard and other judges decided in favor of Amelius.
In 985, he increases the property of his church. Thus, the Archbishop of Arles gave him, freehold land at
Saint-Etienne, in the
county of Uzès, and the
Church
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of St. Cézaire of Gauzignan. On 16 March 985, he gave count Sigismund a small clearing pasture that belonged to the Church of Our Lady, provided that the canons planted a vineyard which there would belong to Sigismund in his life and then revert to the church after Sigismund's death.
[MÉNARD Léon, Histoire civile, ecclésiastique et littéraire de la ville de Nîmes. Avec textes et notes. Suivie de dissertations historiques et critiques sur ses antiquités, et de diverses observations sur son histoire naturelle, t. I, Nîmes, Typographie Clavel-Ballivet, 1873, p. 132- 137.]
In his
will
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...
, made donations to eighteen
cathedral
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s, including
Uzès
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History
Originally ''Ucetia'' or ''Eutica'' in Latin, Uzès wa ...
and
Nîmes
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. His son, Raymond II, with his mother, the Countess Berthe confirm these gifts and give to the Church of Our Lady, where Bernard chairs, a freehold located in Nîmes County in the territory of
Aimargues
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and the Teillan coastline.
See also
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Catholic Church in France
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Nîmes
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References
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Bishops of Nîmes
10th-century French bishops