William Bona Anima
Archbishop of Rouen
Installed1079
Term ended1110
PredecessorJohn of Avranches
SuccessorGeoffrey Brito
Other post(s)abbot of Saint-Etienne, Caen
Personal details
Died1110
DenominationCatholic

William Bona Anima or Bonne-Âme (died 1110) was a medieval archbishop of Rouen. He served from 1079 to 1110.[1]

William was the son of Radbod,[2] the bishop of Sées and was a canon at Rouen as well as an archdeacon in that diocese.[3] He then entered a monastery and became abbot of the monastery of Saint-Etienne in Caen from 1070 to 1079. He then was named archbishop of Rouen, where he served from 1079 to 1110.[4]

References

  1. ^ Pierre Bouet et François Neveux, Les évêques normands du XIe siècle : Colloque de Cerisy-la-Salle (30 septembre - 3 octobre 1993), Caen, Presses universitaires de Caen, 1995, 330 p. (ISBN 2-84133-021-4), « Les évêques normands de 985 à 1150 », p. 19-35.
  2. ^ Véronique Gazeau (préf. David Bates et Michel Parisse), Normannia monastica (xe – xiie siècle) : I-Princes normands et abbés bénédictins / II-Prosopopographie des abbés bénédictins, Caen, Publications du CRAHM, 2007, 492 - 403 p. (ISBN 978-2-902685-38-7).
  3. ^ David Douglas (trad. Marie-Liliane de Bouard), « Les évêques de Normandie (1035-1066) », Annales de Normandie, mai 1958, p. 87-102
  4. ^ Spear "School of Caen Revisited" Haskins Society Journal p.57

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