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HISTORY According to an unsupported tradition, the establishment of the Church in this diocese is attributed to the first century and to Eusebius Of Eudochius , companion of St. Lazarus . A certain St. Prosper of Reggio In Emilia (at the beginning of the fifth century) figures in the history of Riez and was perhaps its bishop; however, the first certainly known bishop is St. Maximus (433-60), who succeeded St. Honoratus as Abbot Of Lérins and who, in 439, held a council at Riez with a view to improving the condition of the churches of Southern Gaul. His successor, Faustus Of Riez (461-93), also Abbot of Lérins, was noted for his writings against Predestinationists ; it was to him that Sidonius Apollinaris dedicated his "Carmen Eucharisticum" in gratitude for hospitality received at Riez. Robert Ceneau , the pulpit orator (1530-32), afterwards Bishop Of Avranches and Gui Bentivoglio (1622-25), who was nuncio in France and defender of French interests at Rome, were bishops there. {Link without Title} BISHOPS To 1000
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