Wazo of Liège

Wazo of Liège

Wazo of Liège (c. 985 – 1048) was bishop of Liège from 1041 to 1048, and a significant educator and theologian. His life was chronicled by his contemporary Anselm of Liège.

During this period Liège became known as an educational center. Wazo, himself a student with Heriger of Lobbes, served as school master, under his predecessor Notker of Liège, before himself becoming bishop [C. Stephen Jaeger (1994), "The Envy of Angels: Cathedral Schools and Social Ideas in Medieval Europe, 950-1200", p. 55.] .

He is noted also for his nuanced approach to cases of heresy (not common in his day), as represented by a letter he wrote to Roger, bishop of Châlons [ [http://www.bu.edu/mille/people/rlpages/TheBirthofHeresy.html The Birth of Heresy, a Millennial Phenomenon ] ] .

He was involved in the period 1021-5 in a controversy with John, canon and provost in Liège; Durandus of Liège, then bishop, had Wazo leave for a time. [Jaeger, pp. 205-8.] His election as bishop in 1041 was strongly contested [Jeager, pp.208-9; Jaeger see the conflict as between the educational tradition of Brun of Cologne, and monastic tradition; and convicts Wazo of a lack of urbanity.] , with Emperor Henry III against him.

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* [http://www.bautz.de/bbkl/w/wazo.shtml BBK page]


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