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Comoere

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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
Personal details
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

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

References

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  • 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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Christian titles
Preceded by Bishop of Cornwall
c. 961–c. 987
Succeeded by