Victor I, Bishop of Chur
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Victor I was an 7th-century bishop of Chur
, the first of the Victorid family
which was to control the bishopric and the province of Rhaetia until the early ninth century.
On 10 October 614 he signed the canons of the Fifth Council of Paris on church discipline. His participation in a Frankish
church council signifies the breaking away of the diocese of Chur from the Archdiocese of Milan to which it was nominally attached.
Bishop of Chur
The Bishop of Chur is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chur, Grisons, Switzerland .-History:...
, the first of the Victorid family
Victorids
The Victorids were a powerful family in Rhaetia during the seventh and eighth centuries, dominating the region politically and controlling the diocese of Chur. The family is termed after the continued use of the name Victor....
which was to control the bishopric and the province of Rhaetia until the early ninth century.
On 10 October 614 he signed the canons of the Fifth Council of Paris on church discipline. His participation in a Frankish
Franks
The Franks were a confederation of Germanic tribes first attested in the third century AD as living north and east of the Lower Rhine River. From the third to fifth centuries some Franks raided Roman territory while other Franks joined the Roman troops in Gaul. Only the Salian Franks formed a...
church council signifies the breaking away of the diocese of Chur from the Archdiocese of Milan to which it was nominally attached.