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HISTORY The earliest Bishop of Comminges we know of is Suavis , who assisted at the Council Of Agde in 506; but Sidonius Apollinaris speaks of the persecutions suffered at the hands of the Arian Goths in the fifth century by the bishops of Comminges. St. Affricus (c. 540), who died in the Rouergue , is wrongly included among the bishops of Comminges. Among the bishops of Comminges were:
In the church of St. Bertrand of Comminges baptism was administered with peculiar ceremonies: the baptismal water was kept in a large silver dove with wings displayed, and enclosed in a cupola surmounting the font; at the moment of baptizing the dove was lowered, by a pulley, over the head of the child and through its open beak the baptismal water was poured. {Link without Title} BISHOPS
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