The
Diocese of Bazas, centred on
Bazas in
Aquitaine, covered the Bazadais region, known under the
Romans as the
Vasatensis pagus after the ancient occupants, the
Vasates. In the 2nd century it was part of the
Novempopulania, one of the seventeen provinces of
Gaul. The diocese must have been created between the first and the third centuries, but because of the large numbers of invaders that passed through this region -
Arians,
Saracens,
Normans - the list of bishops is much reduced during the first millennium. The first bishop of this diocese is mentioned, without a name, by
Gregory of Tours in his
De gloria martyrum.