The Council of Bordeaux was convoked by King Childeric II, hence, it was held somewhere between 662, when he ascended to the throne of Austrasia, and 675, when he died (the last two years ruling over all of the Frankish lands). The king was represented by dux Lupus. The gathering took place in the castle of Modogarnomum (or Garnomum), probably near present-day Langoiran (some 25 km south-east of Bordeaux) or at Saint-Pierre-de-Granon, near Marmande (some 75 km south-east of Bordeaux), both located on the banks of Garonne river (see Griffe 1964). The synod was attended by three metropolitan bishops (from Bourges, who presided, Bordeaux, and Eauze), thirteen other bishops from these ecclesiastical provinces, and two abbots representing their absent bishops. Apart from Poitiers in the province of Bordeaux, and Dax and Bigorre in the province of Eauze, all the bishops from those two provinces were present. Bourges is represented by its metropolitan, who came with the bishop of Cahors and two representatives from the bishops of Albi and Limoges. From the preface to the acts of the council, we learn that the synod was called, among others, because clerics defied the orders of their bishops.