Contentius was bishop of Bayeux from 480 until his death. He is a Catholic and Orthodox saint. His feast day is 19 January.
The Diocese of Bayeux and Lisieux is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. It is coextensive with the Department of Calvados and is a suffragan to the Archdiocese of Rouen, which is also in Normandy.
The Diocese of Cahors is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The diocese comprises the whole of the department of Lot.
The Diocese of Évreux is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The diocese comprises the department of Eure within the Region of Normandy. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rouen, and the current bishop is Christian Nourrichard, who was appointed in 2006.
The Diocese of Le Mans is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The diocese is now a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rennes, Dol, and Saint-Malo but had previously been suffragan to Bourges, Paris, Sens, and Tours.
The Diocese of Nevers is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The diocese comprises the department of Nièvre, in the Region of Bourgogne.
The Diocese of Arras (–Boulogne–Saint-Omer) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The episcopal see is the Arras Cathedral, in the city of Arras. The diocese encompasses all of the Department of Pas-de-Calais, in the Region of Hauts-de-France.
The Diocese of Montauban is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The diocese is coextensive with Tarn-et-Garonne, and is currently a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Toulouse. The episcopal seat of the Diocese of Montauban is in Montauban Cathedral.
The French Catholic diocese of Sarlat existed from 1317 to 1801. It was suppressed by the Concordat of 1801. Its territory passed to the diocese of Angoulême.
Jean Lemoine, Jean Le Moine, Johannes Monachus was a French canon lawyer, Cardinal, bishop of Arras and papal legate. He served Boniface VIII as representative to Philip IV of France, and founded the Collège du Cardinal Lemoine, in Paris. He is the first canon lawyer to formulate the legal principle of the presumption of innocence.
François Blouet de Camilly, Comte de Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives, D.D.,, a French Catholic clergyman, was the 88th Bishop of Toul from 1706 to 1721 and the 117th Archbishop of Tours from 1721 to 1723.
Turold de Brémoy was Bishop of Bayeux in the 12th century.
Richard fitz Samson, also known as Richard of Dover, was the bishop of Bayeux at the beginning of the 12th century.
Saint Rufinien was the third bishop of Bayeux in the 5th century.
Loup de Bayeux, saint Loup or sometimes saint Leu was a bishop of Bayeux between 440 and 470.
St. Patrice of Bayeux (Patricius) was the sixth bishop of Bayeux in the 5th century AD.
Richard of Gloucester or Richard Fitz Robert was appointed bishop of Bayeux in France in 1138 and died in 1142. He was the eldest son of Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, but he was illegitimate. His mother was Isabel of Dover, daughter of Samson of Worcester, Bishop of Worcester.
Raoul d'Avranches (Radulfus) was a bishop of Bayeux at the end of the 10th century and the beginning of the 11th century.
Henri de Pardieu was a bishop of Bayeux at the end of the 12th century (1165-1205).
Frambold or sometimes Franbolt, Frambaud, Franbourd was the fifteenth bishop of Bayeux around 691 to 720. The life of Saint Frambold remains mysterious. The place and date of his birth are unknown. Robert Cénalis, bishop of Avranches in the sixteenth century said of him only that "his holiness spread a lively radiance". He had been a monk and abbot of the diocese of Mans.
