Member of Lucerne nobility (uncle of Kaspar von Silenen) and diplomat for the Swiss Confederacy, bishop of Grenoble 1477–1467, Jost ruled as a "Renaissance prince" but after failed campaigns against Milan was forced to abdicate and went into exile in Lyon, retaining only the title of titular bishop of Hierapolis.
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List of bishops of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sion Contents 1 Late Antiquity 2 Early Middle Ages 3 Prince bishops of Sion 3 1 Middle Ages 3 2 Western Schism 3 3 Renaissance to early modern 4 Modern history 5 ReferencesLate Antiquity editBishops of Agaunum Octodurum From To Bishop Notesfl 380s Theodorefl 440 Salvius Silviusfl 490 Prothais516 Theodore II 517 Constantinus549 Rufus565 AgricolaEarly Middle Ages editFrom To Bishop Notes585 Heliodorus613 614 Leudemond647 653 Prothais673 690 Saint Aime762 765 Willicar786 8 796 8 Altheusfl 805 Theodore III According to 12th century legend secular power was granted to the bishops of Sion by Charlemagnefl 824 Adalongus825 857 Heyminus877 899 900 Waltherius932 Asmundusfl 940 Manfredus 983 984 5 AmizoPrince bishops of Sion editMiddle Ages edit From To Bishop Notes993 4 1018 20 Hugues First prince bishop granted secular power by Rudolph III of Burgundy in c 9991034 1053 4 Aymon of Savoy Succeeded his brother Buchardus as Abbot of St Maurice in 1049 or 10501054 1087 1090 Ermenfroifl 1092 Gausbertus1107 1116 Vilencus1135 1138 Boson1138 1150 Saint Guerin1150 1162 Louis1162 1168 Amedee of La Tour1176 1177 Guillaume of Blonay1179 1181 or 1184 Conon1184 1196 Guillaume of Candie1196 1203 Nantelme of Ecublens1203 1205 Guillaume of Saillon1206 1237 Landry of Mont1237 1243 Boson II of Granges1243 1271 Henri of Rarogne1271 1273 Rodolphe of Valpelline1273 1287 Pierre of OronFebruary 1287 15 December 1289 vacant1289 1308 Boniface of Challant1308 1323 Aymon of Chatillon1323 1338 Aymon of La Tour1338 1342 Philippe of Chamberlhac1342 1375 Guichard Tavelli Murdered by defenestration1375 1386 Edouard of SavoyWestern Schism edit loyal to AvignonFrom To Bishop Notes1386 1386 Guillaume of La Baume Saint Amourb1387 1387 Robert Chambrier1388 1392 Humbert de Billens1398 1404 Aymon Sechala1404 1417 Jacques Antoine de Challantloyal to RomeFrom To Bishop Notes1387 1388 Gerardus Girard Tavel 1392 1393 Henri de Blanchis1394 1402 Guillaume IV the Good of Rarogne1402 1418 Guillaume V of Rarogne see Raron affairRenaissance to early modern edit nbsp Coat of arms of Hildebrand of Riedmatten 1594 The prince bishops used their family coats of arms the Riedmatten coat of arms was in use for much of the early modern period 1529 1545 1565 1613 1640 1701 and is presented as coat of arms of the bishopric in e g Siebmacher 1605 From To Bishop Notes1418 1437 Andre dei Benzi of Gualdo Archbishop of Kolocza in Hungary administrator from 1418 bishop from 1431 Valais witch trials 1437 1451 Guillaume VI of Rarogne1451 1457 Henri Asperlin1457 1482 Walter Supersaxo Burgundian War1482 1496 Jost of Silenen d 1498 Member of Lucerne nobility uncle of Kaspar von Silenen and diplomat for the Swiss Confederacy bishop of Grenoble 1477 1467 Jost ruled as a Renaissance prince but after failed campaigns against Milan was forced to abdicate and went into exile in Lyon retaining only the title of titular bishop of Hierapolis 1496 1499 Nicolas Schiner1499 1522 Mathieu Schiner Cardinal nephew of Nicolas Schiner1522 1528 Philippe am Hengart not recognised by the Pope Philippe de Platea not recognised locally 1529 1545 Adrien I of Riedmatten Valais becomes an eternal associate of the Old Swiss Confederacy in 1529 1548 1565 Jean Jordan1565 1604 Hildebrand I of Riedmatten Banned protestantism in 1604 1 1604 1613 Adrien II of Riedmatten1613 1638 Hildebrand II Jost In 1628 the Valais becomes a republic but remains under the nominal rule of the prince bishops 1638 1640 Barthelemy Supersaxo1640 1646 Adrien III of Riedmatten1646 1672 Adrien IV of Riedmatten1672 1701 Adrien V of Riedmatten1701 1734 Francois Joseph Supersaxo1734 1752 Jean Joseph Arnold Blatter1752 1760 Jean Hildebrand Roten1760 1780 Francois Joseph Frederic Ambuel1780 1790 Francois Melchior Joseph Zen Ruffinen1790 1807 Joseph Anton Blatter Last prince bishop loss of secular power with the French invasion of 1798 Modern history edit nbsp Modern coat of arms citation needed From To Bishop Notes1807 1817 Joseph Francois Xavier de Preux1817 1829 Auguste Sulpice Zen Ruffinen1830 1843 Maurice Fabien Roten1843 1875 Pierre Joseph de Preux1875 1901 Adrien VI Jardinier1901 11 July 1918 Jules Maurice Abbet Born 11 September 18451919 19 March 1952 Victor Bieler Born 16 March 18811952 1975 Francois Nestor Adam Born 7 February 1903 died 8 February 19901975 1995 Henri Schwery Born 14 June 19321995 2014 Norbert Brunner Born 21 June 19422014 Jean Marie Lovey Born 2 August 1950References edit Zenhausern Gregor Sion diocese Historical Dictionary of Switzerland in French Translated by Laurent Auberson Retrieved 12 February 2021 Sion diocese in German French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of bishops of Sion amp oldid 1211296550, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,