Peter of Savoy (archbishop)

He is mentioned along with his brothers in his father's will dated 14 May 1282 ("Philippum de Sabaudia filium meum primogenitum [...] aliis filiis meis Petro, Thomæ, Amedeo et Guillermo fratribus suis"), as well as in a charter of 24 May 1286 ("Philippi Petri Thome Amedei et Guillelmi").

[2] Unlike his predecessor, Louis de Villars, Peter did not accept the gradual takeover of Lyon by the kingdom of France.

He therefore encouraged the residents to revolt,[3] and encouraged them to strengthen the city walls, and he put aside the historical dispute between the archbishop and the cathedral chapter,[4] and challenged the presence of the "gardiateur" (overseer) imposed by the king of France, Philip the Fair, thus providing a pretext for Philip to send his son Louis, King of Navarre, and his brother Charles of Valois with an army to besiege Lyon in 1310.

A definitive treaty of 4 April 1320 with the new king, Philip V, restored the jurisdiction of the city to the archbishop, but under royal sovereignty.

However, the king refused the archbishop's demands for compensation for the depredations of the royal troops during the siege, both for their mistreatment of the inhabitants and particularly of the clergy.