William Bona Anima or Bonne-Âme (died 1110) was a medieval archbishop of Rouen. He served from 1079 to 1110.[1]
William Bona Anima | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of Rouen | |
| Installed | 1079 |
| Term ended | 1110 |
| Predecessor | John of Avranches |
| Successor | Geoffrey Brito |
| Other post(s) | abbot of Saint-Etienne, Caen |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 1110 |
| Denomination | Catholic |
William was the son of Radbod,[2] the bishop of Sées and was a canon at Rouen as well as an archdeacon in that diocese.[3] He then entered a monastery and became abbot of the monastery of Saint-Etienne in Caen from 1070 to 1079. He then was named archbishop of Rouen, where he served from 1079 to 1110.[4]
References
edit- ^ Pierre Bouet et François Neveux, Les évêques normands du XIe siècle : Colloque de Cerisy-la-Salle (30 septembre - 3 octobre 1993), Caen, Presses universitaires de Caen, 1995, 330 p. (ISBN 2-84133-021-4), « Les évêques normands de 985 à 1150 », p. 19-35.
- ^ Véronique Gazeau (préf. David Bates et Michel Parisse), Normannia monastica (xe – xiie siècle) : I-Princes normands et abbés bénédictins / II-Prosopopographie des abbés bénédictins, Caen, Publications du CRAHM, 2007, 492 - 403 p. (ISBN 978-2-902685-38-7).
- ^ David Douglas (trad. Marie-Liliane de Bouard), « Les évêques de Normandie (1035-1066) », Annales de Normandie, mai 1958, p. 87-102
- ^ Spear "School of Caen Revisited" Haskins Society Journal p.57
Sources
edit- Spear, David S. (1993). "The School of Caen Revisited". In Patterson, Robert B. (ed.). Haskins Society Journal: Studies in Medieval History. Vol. 4. Woodbridge, UK: Boydell. pp. 97–108. ISBN 0-85115-333-X.
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