What was the real name of Bishop Contumeliosus of Riez?

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If by "real name" you mean the name he had at birth, & we can be 100% sure "Contumeliosus" was not his birth name, that information is likely lost in time. We're talking about the 6th century, when most writings on perishable surfaces are long lost.

If you mean the name his contemporaries knew him by, I checked my copy of the letters of Avitus of Vienne (the translation of Shanzer & Wood), a contemporary of Contumeliosus, who wrote him a letter that has survived, & Avitus addresses him as "Contumeliosus". Its line of descent is independent of the surviving letters of Pope John II, so it's highly unlikely one individual replaced his "real" name with a pseudonym.

Either the man intentionally picked a self-effacing name when he became a bishop, or his parents had a nasty sense of humor. Lacking further information, your guess is as good as mine.

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