Bernard d'Anduze
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Bernard d'Anduze was a bishop of Nîmes, France from 949 to 986.[1][2][3]
He was part of the House of Anduze, owners of a large manor of Lower Languedoc, attested from the early tenth century.[4] Bernard was the brother of Peter I, the first of the Lords of Anduze.
Often episcopates in France at this time were often considered the heritage of a few powerful families and this is what we see in the episcopal see of Nimes. From the middle of the tenth century, the episcopal see of Nîmes is jointly controlled by the counts of Toulouse (masters County Nîmes) and the Trencavel (Viscount of Albi) . Until the end of the eleventh century, the seat of alternated between members of the family Trencavel and family members of Anduze. The bishop of Nîmes was then a rather powerful figure.[5]
