Alvise (Bishop of Arras)
Bishop Alvise, was a 12th Century Bishop of Arras.
The son of Einard and Hostina[1] he was a native of Flanders[2] but his year of birth is controversial, according to sources 1060AD, 1070AD or 1075AD.
According to medieval chroniclers,[3] he had been a novice and Canon of the Abbey of Saint Bertin at Saint-Omer. He participated in the second crusade with Louis VII of France and according to some sources, he fell ill at Philippopolis, Thrace and died September 6, 1148.[4]
References
- ↑ L'abbaye d'Anchin de sa fondation (1079) au XIVe siècle : essor, vie et rayonnement d'une grande communauté bénédictine - par Jean-Pierre Gerzaguet - Presses universitaires Septentrion- 1997 page 91
- ↑ Historia monasterii (MGH,SS,14, particulièrement 586-588
- ↑ Histoire de l'église gallicane - IVème édition- par Jacques Longueval - Paris Rue de Garanciére n°10 (près de saint-Sulpice, 1826) vol8 page 265.
- ↑ Histoire de l'église gallicane - IVème édition- par Jacques Longueval - Paris Rue de Garanciére n°10 (près de saint-Sulpice, 1826) vol8 page 265.
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