 In 687 Saint Claudius resigned as Bishop of Besançon and became the twelfth abbot.After he died, in 696, his grave became a very popular pilgrimage centre, to the extent that by the thirteenth century, the name "Saint-Claude" had become more used than that of "Saint-Oyand", which it superseded.The Bishopric of Saint-Claude was created in 1742, out of the parishes in the care of the abbey.