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William Bona Anima
Archbishop of Rouen
Installed1079
Term ended1110
PredecessorJohn of Avranches
SuccessorGeoffrey Brito
Other post(s)abbot of Saint-Etienne, Caen
Personal details
Died1110
DenominationCatholic
Seal of Guillaume Bonne-Âme.

William Bona Anima or Bonne-Âme (died 1110) was a medieval archbishop of Rouen. He served from 1079 to 1110.

William was the son of Radbod, the bishop of Sées and was a canon at Rouen as well as an archdeacon in that diocese. 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.

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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).
  3. David Douglas (trad. Marie-Liliane de Bouard), « Les évêques de Normandie (1035-1066) », Annales de Normandie, mai 1958, p. 87-102
  4. Spear "School of Caen Revisited" Haskins Society Journal p.57

Sources

  • 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.


11th and 12th-century Archbishop of Rouen


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