- Dudoc
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name =Dudoc
religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Wells
Title = Bishop of Wells
Period = 1033–1060
Predecessor =Merewith
Successor =Gisa
ordination =
bishops =
post =royal chaplain
date of birth =
place of birth =
date of death = 18 January 1060
place of death =Dudoc (or Duduc) was a medieval
Bishop of Wells .Life
He was a native of LorrainePowell "The House of Lords in the Middle Ages" p. 14 note 19] or of Saxony.Barlow "English Church 1000-1066" pp. 75-76] He was a priest for Canute before being named Bishop of WellsKnowles "The Monastic Order in England" p. 70 note 1] by Canute in 1033.Stenton "Anglo Saxon England" 3rd ed. p. 464] He was consecrated 11 June 1033.Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 222]
King
Edward the Confessor sent him along with two abbots to Rheims in 1049 on a diplomatic mission,Barlow "Edward the Confessor" p. 169 note 3] where he attended theCouncil of Reims held byPope Leo IX .Barlow "English Church 1000-1066" p. 117]He died on 18 January 1060. He left his estates and vestments to his church, but the will was invalidated by King Edward, partly at the request of Archbiship
Stigand , who received one of the estates instead.Barlow "English Church 1000-1066" p. 79 footnote 2]Notes
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* [http://www.pase.ac.uk/pase/apps/persons/CreatePersonFrames.jsp?personKey=15726 Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England entry for Duduc]
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NAME=Dudoc
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Duduc
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Bishop of Wells
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DATE OF DEATH=18 January 1060
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