Roman Catholic Diocese of Grasse

In church organization, Antibes belonged to the Province of Alpes Maritimae, whose metropolitan was the archbishop of Aix.

Louis Duchesne[5] considered it possible that the Remigius, who signed at the Council of Nîmes in 396[6] and in 417 received a letter from Pope Zosimus,[7] may have been bishop of Antibes before Armentarius.

[9] On 19 July 1244, Pope Innocent IV transferred the seat of the diocese from the port city of Antibes to the interior city of Grasse, due to a depopulation of Antibes and the repeated attacks of pirates, propter insalubritatem aeris et incursus piratorum.

[11] The cathedral of Grasse was dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and was supervised by a chapter composed of (originally) five dignities (provost, sacristan, archdeacon, 'capiscolo' [scholasticus] and archpriest) and four canons (one of whom was designated the Theologus).

[13] The diocese of Grasse was suppressed by decree of the Legislative Assembly of France on 22 November 1790.