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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc Poveda Arias, Pablo author 2023 Metropolitan bishops were exposed to the same threats as their suffragans but, because of their superior rank, they faced particular challenges to their office. This paper aims to highlight the different contexts of adversity faced by metropolitan bishops in 5th century Gaul. On the one hand, we intend to re-evaluate the real incidence of those disputes between metropolitans over questions of jurisdiction with the greatest resonance in the sources, as well as the role of the bishop of Rome in their resolution. On the other hand, we will also analyse the concrete impact that the political vicissitudes had on the metropolitan bishops, especially in the wake of the rise of the new barbarian kingdoms. Poveda Arias, Pablo. "Threatening Metropolitan Authority in Fifth-Century Gaul". Bishops under Threat: Contexts and Episcopal Strategies in the Late Antique and Early Medieval West, edited by Sabine Panzram and Pablo Poveda Arias, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2023, pp. 27-54. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110778649-004 978-3110769531 https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/68327 27 54 ishops under Threat: Contexts and Episcopal Strategies in the Late Antique and Early Medieval West Threatening Metropolitan Authority in Fifth-Century Gaul