Archdiocese of Lyon

Roman Catholic Metropolitan archdiocese in Lyon, France

9 dated entries naming Archdiocese of Lyon, drawn from 9 separate years between 87 CE and 1393 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Archbishop of Lyon, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lyon in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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1st century

87Pothinus, bishop of Lyon (approximate date)source

5th century

449Eucherius, bishop of Lyon (approximate date)source
455Rusticus, archbishop of Lyon (approximate date)source
491Lupicinus becomes bishop of Lyon. He is the founder of the abbeys of Saint Claude (Jura Mountains).source

6th century

501April 25 – Rusticus, archbishop of Lyonsource

8th century

779Agobard, archbishop of Lyon (approximate date)source

9th century

840Agobard, archbishop of Lyon (b. 779)source

14th century

1312April 10 – The threat of a takeover by the Kingdom of France against the sovereign French Archdiocese of Lyon is ended when the Archbishop Pierre de Savoie signs a treaty granting King Philip the Fair the authority to administer the Lyon courts and law enforcement system.source
1393April 3 - Philippe III de Thurey, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Lyon issues warrants approved by the Avignon Pope Clement VII to expel the officers of France's King Charles VI from Lyon, and drives the King's Sénéchal and deputies out of town.source