Hugh of La Tour-du-Pin

That year, he was elected to succeed his uncle, Robert of Auvergne, as bishop of Clermont after the latter was transferred to the archdiocese of Lyon.

Since he was at the time only twenty-nine years old, Pope Gregory IX appointed him diocesan administrator on 30 April 1227.

[3][4] In 1229, Hugh, with Bishop Milo of Beauvais, brought French troops to Italy at the request of Gregory IX to fight against Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, in the so-called War of the Keys.

[5] In 1242, during the Saintonge War, King Louis IX sent Hugh, joined by Humbert of Beaujeu, to harass the possessions of the rebellious Count Raymond VII of Toulouse in the Quercy.

That year, Innocent IV granted him an indulgence for his contribution to the construction of a Franciscan convent in Brioude.