Bishop Domninus attended the Council of Aquileia in 381. The statement that he died on 3 November 386 is without any documentary evidence. Whether he is to be regarded as a saint or not is the subject of dispute. Hauréau, Gallia christiana XVI, p. 219.
Syagrius may have been the bishop who subscribed his name, but not his diocese, at the Council of Paris in 552 (De Clerq, p. 169). He was present at the Council of Lyon in 573. Hauréau, p. 221. Duchesne, p. 231, no. 10.
Bishop Syagrius participated in the Council of Paris in 614. De Clerq, p. 281 ("Ex ciuitate Gracinopoli Suagrius episcopus"). Hauréau, p. 221-222. Duchesne, p. 232, no. 12.
Boso is only a name in Bishop Hugues' list. Hauréau, p. 222. Duchesne, p. 230.
The earliest notice of Bishop Ebbo is his presence at the Synod of Valence in 855: J. Sirmond, Concilia antiqua Galliae, (in Latin), Tomus III (Paris: S. Crsamoisy 1629), p. 107: "EBBO Gratianopolitanus Episcopus hanc Synodalem defin. subscr." His latest known appearance was at the election of Archbishop Ado of Vienne in 860. Hauréau, p. 224. Duchesne, p. 232, no. 29.
Bernarius was a favored chaplain of King Lothar, who appointed him bishop of Grenoble in 869; the appointment was confirmed by the Emperor Louis II. In 875, he was present at the Council of Chalons, and in 876 he participated in the consecration of Archbishop Otramnus of Vienne. In 882, he was attacked and imprisoned by Bishop Adalbert of Maurienne; when he was released, he immediately went to Rome and demanded that Pope John VIII punish Adalbert. Hauréau, p. 224-225. Duchesne, pp. 232-233, no. 30.
At the Lenten synod in Rome in February 1076, Pope Gregory VII excommunicated a number of bishops associated with the schism of Frederick Barbarossa, including Pontius of Grenoble. On 12 August 1076, Bishop Pontius confirmed the grant of several churches to the canons of the Collegiate Church of S. Laurentius de Plebe. Hauréau, Gallia christiana XVI, "Instrumenta," p. 78. Philippus Jaffe, Regesta pontificum Romanorum, (in Latin), Vol I, second edition (Leipzig: Veit 1885), p. 616. Le Camus, p. 13, no. XXXVII. Hauréau, Gallia christiana XVI, p. 230.
In 1083, at the request of three clerics, Bishop Hugues created a canonicate in the church of S. Martin which he had built in the parish of S. Himerius. Hauréau, Gallia christiana XVI, pp. 230-237. "Instrumenta," pp. 78-79.
Natalis was a Carthusian monk from the Chartreuse des Portes. He was elected by the cathedral Chapter, but, at the request of Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux, his election was voided by Pope Eugenius III. Le Camus, p. 14. Hauréau, Gallia christiana XVI, p. 238. Auguste Prudhomme, Histoire de Grenoble, (in French), (Grenoble: A. Gratier, 1888), p. 94-95.
Othmar was a Carthusian. No acts of his are known. Le Camus, p. 15. Hauréau, Gallia christiana XVI, p. 238. Prudhomme, p. 95.
Geoffroy, a monk of the Grand Chartreuse, was a supporter of Frederick Barbarossa, and followed him in 1159 in the schism against Pope Alexander III. In return, in 1161 Barbarossa granted the bishops of Grenoble full regalian rights over the city of Grenoble, territories on both sides of the Isère River, and Saint-Donat. Pope Alexander deprived him of his bishopric in 1163. Le Camus, p. 15. Hauréau, Gallia christiana XVI, p. 239. Prudhomme, p. 95, with note 2: "Regalia nostra, prout ea melius et liberius antecessores sui usque ad ejus tempora habuerunt et que in Gratianopoli et apud Sanctum Donatum sive in toto episcopatu suo ..., predicto episcopo ejusque successoribus confirmamus;" full text in: Georg Christian Friedrich Lisch, Urkunden und Forschungen zur Geschichte des Geschlechts Behr, (in German and Latin), Volume 5 (Stiller, 1894), pp. 60-61, no. 632.
Johnnes Cassenaticus had been a monk of the Chartreuse of Reposoir (diocese of Geneva). He died in 1220. Le Camus, pp. 15-16. Hauréau, Gallia christiana XVI, p. 239-241. Prudhomme, pp. 100-105.
On 25 July 1266, the procurator of the Dauphin handed over to Guillaume, the son of Aimar de Cassanatico, the property of the bishops of Grenoble. Hauréau, pp. 243–246.
Conzié was a doctor of laws, canon of Chartres, and Auditor of Apostolic Causes in the Roman Curia in Avignon. He was appointed bishop of Grenoble by Pope Clement VII on 28 February 1380 (Albanès, pp. 730-731). He was named chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church (Apostolic Camera) in 1383. He was later Bishop of Arles (1388–1390), then Archbishop of Toulouse (1390-1391), and then Archbishop of Narbonne (1391–1432). He attended the Council of Perpignan of Pope Benedict XIII in 1408–1409, but transferred his allegiance to the Council of Pisa in May 1409. Pope Alexander V continued him in office as Chamberlain S.R.E. François Mugnier, "Notice sur François de Conzié, camérier des papes d'Avignon, archévêque (1378–1432)," in: Généalogies de la famille de Montfort en Genevois et en Franche-Comté, et de la famille de Conzié, (in French) (Paris: H. Champion, 1893) pp. 403-415. Joseph Hyacinthe Albanès, Gallia christiana novissima, (in Latin), Volume 3 (Valence: Valentinoise, 1901), pp. 730-738. Eubel I, pp. 103, 238 with note 4; 356 with note 6; 488.
Du Lau held a licenciate in theology from Paris. He had been Vicar General of Rouen for 14 years. He was nominated bishop of Grenoble by King Louis XVI on 4 January 1789, and confirmed by Pope Pius VI on 30 March 1789. He refused Napoleon's demand in 1801 that all bishops in France resign. Bishop du Lau d'Allemans died in exile in Graz (Styria) on 4 April 1802. Le Camus, p. 24. Ritzler & Sefrin VI, p. 228 with note 5.
Ludovic Sciout, Histoire de la constitution civile du clergé et de la persécution révolutionnaire (1790-1801), (in French), (Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1887, p. 39: "Art. 2. Les sièges des évêchés des quatre- vingt- trois départementsndu royaume seront fixés... Tous les autres évêchés existant dans les quatre-vingt-trois départements du royaume, et qui ne sont pas nommément compris au présent article, sont et demeurent supprimés."
Reymond was born in 1737, and graduated from the University of Valence. He became vicar of Saint-Georges in Vienne. When Constitutional Bishop Pouchot died, the electors of Isère elected him as their bishop on 7 November 1792. He was consecrated a bishop on 13 January 1793 by the Constitutional Bishop of Ardèche, Charles de la Font de Savine (a legitimate bishop, consecrated in 1778). He was appointed bishop of Dijon by First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte on 11 April 1802, confirmed on 2 May 1802, and installed on 6 June. He did not sign an acceptable oath to observe the Concordat of 1801 between the French Government and the pope until 1804. In 1815, after Waterloo, he was summoned to Paris and forbidden to return to Dijon; he was finally allowed to return in 1817. He died on 20 February 1820. Pisani, pp. 301-305; 457.
