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Comoere

Comoere or Wulsige Comoere was a medieval Bishop of Cornwall.

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Comoere
Bishop of Cornwall
Appointed959 and 963
Term endedbetween 981 and a period between 988 and 990
PredecessorDaniel of Cornwall
SuccessorEaldred
Orders
Consecrationbetween 959 and 963
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Diedbetween 981 and a period between 988 and 990
DenominationChristian

Comoere or Wulsige Comoere was a medieval Bishop of Cornwall.

Comoere was consecrated between 959 and 963. He died between 981 and a period between 988 and 990.1 The Bodmin Gospels record his manumission from slavery of a woman called Guenenguith and her son Morcefres.2

Citations

Citations

  1. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 215
  2. British Library, Additional MS 9381, f. 49v, Breay and Story, p. 374
References

References

  • Breay, Claire; Story, Joanna, eds. (2018). Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word, War. London, UK: British Library. ISBN 978-0-7123-5207-9.
  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
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