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GISO OF LORRAINE: A Northern European Reforming Bishop in Anglo-Saxon Wells

Apr 30, 2023

On a recent visit to Wells Cathedral, I noticed the tomb effigy of Giso of Lorraine in the north aisle. He had been Bishop of Bath and Wells from 1061 to 1088. His church would have been the Anglo-Saxon cathedral which stood before the current Gothic one. In 909, the...

GISO OF LORRAINE: A Northern European Reforming Bishop in Anglo-Saxon Wells

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