Rostang of Arles

Pope John VIII declared the Arles prelate vicar general in France and enjoined all bishops to obey him.

He then confirmed, in favor of Archbishop Rostang, the charters by which the emperor Lothaire and his son, his predecessors, had submitted Cruas Abbey in the Vivarais to his church.

The monks of this monastery, to prevent schemes of the bishops of the country, had themselves asked these princes to give them the archbishops of Arles as protectors.

[1] A charter, the sixth and last of Boso, dated 886 or very early 887, at the request of the Archbishop of Arles reassigns the jurisdiction of Cruas Abbey to Rostaing.

[8] Rostang took an active part in 890 in the meeting in Valence which organized a kingdom of Provence around King Louis the Blind, Boso's son.

In 901 or 902, he presided in the Narbonne region over the council of Azillan concerning a dispute of jurisdiction between the deacon Thierry and the priest Tetbald.

He was assisted by Arnuste, archbishop of Narbonne[9] In 909, he gave the Church of Apt the villa of Fastignane and its vineyards located at the confluence of the Calavon and the Dôa.

It gives some details: after the assassination of Arnuste[c] the archbishop of Narbonne, the clergy and the people sought advice from Rostang who went to Agde with Amèle (Amélius) bishop of Uzès.