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Born to the French nobility. Studied in Paris and the abbey of Bec in Normandy. Fellow student with Saint Anselm of Canterbury. Prior at Saint Quentin, Beauvais c.1069. Teacher. Bishop of Chartres in 1090. Consulted on matters of theology and canon law, and a strong opponent of simony. Imprisoned for opposing King Philip I’s attempt to abandon his wife to make another marriage in 1092. Many of his letters and sermons survive to today. One of the most notable bishops of France at the time of the lay investiture controversy.
Born
- 23 December 1115 of natural causes
- 1570 by Pope Pius V (office granted)
- by Pope Benedict XIV (added to martyrology)
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Catholic Encyclopedia, by Joseph de Ghellinck
- Catholic Online
- Kirken i Norge
- Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
- New Catholic Dictionary
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
- Wikipedia
Works
- Tripartita
- Decretum
- Panormia
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