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GERARD II, BISHOP OF ARRAS AND CAMBRAI - 12 AUGUST

 

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GERARD II, BISHOP OF ARRAS AND CAMBRAI

Gerard II, born c. 1020, was probably descended from the lords of Lessines and the thirty-third Bishop of Cambrai from 1076 to his death on August 12, 1092 - the last bishop to hold the joint see of Cambrai and Arras. "German in language and in culture", he was related to both of his predecessors, Lietbert and Gerard I.
This prince-bishop of the Holy Roman Empire's episcopacy coincided with the beginning of the Investiture Controversy between emperor and pope.
An account of Gerard's episcopacy was recorded in the Gesta Gerardi secundi episcopi (Deeds of Bishop Gerard the Second) and in the Gesta episcoporum Cameracensium (Deeds of the Bishops of Cambrai).

Sources: Google AI -https://prabook.com/web/mobile/#!profile/2308933 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_II_(bishop_of_Cambrai)



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