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Life on a Mediaeval Barony

Note 122 — Chapter XXIII · : The Lord Bishop. The Canons. The Parish Clergy.

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One could go on multiplying such cases. For example, Maurice of Sully, who was bishop of Paris under Philip Augustus, was the son of a poor peasant. He managed his diocese admirably and bequeathed not merely considerable wealth to his relatives, but large properties to two abbeys and also funds for poor relief.

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