Venance Grumel was born on 23 May 1890 under the name of Francois Grumel in La Serraz, in the commune of Le Bourget-du-Lac, in Savoy, France.
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Venance Grumel made his first vows on 1 September 1908, then his perpetual vows in Gempe, Belgium on 12 September 1909.
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Venance Grumel took philosophy courses in Rome, where he obtained a degree.
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Venance Grumel began his studies of theology in Jerusalem and completed them in Italy - at Rome and Fara in Sabina.
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Venance Grumel was ordained a priest of the Assumptionist order on 16 May 1916.
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Venance Grumel contributed articles to the Revue des etudes byzantines, and later became the journal's secretary.
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Venance Grumel was a researcher, teacher, contributor to of encyclopedias and specialized dictionaries.
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Venance Grumel established the chronology of the patriarchs of Constantinople.
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Venance Grumel died in Paris on 13 August 1967, and was buried at the Montparnasse cemetery.
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Venance Grumel devoted himself to the studies of Byzantine history, with a particular interest for the history of the Byzantine Church and its relationship with the Western Catholic Church: one main research field of him was the history of councils.
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Venance Grumel studied in depth the Photian Schism and its implications.
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Venance Grumel edited the registers of the acts of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and compiled a monograph about Byzantine chronology which still is in use.