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William de St-Calais, Bishop of Durham and chief counsellor of William II of England
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11th century Norman Bishop of Durham, England
William de St-Calais was a medieval Norman monk, abbot of the abbey of Saint-Vincent in Le Mans in Maine, who was nominated by King William I of England as Bishop of Durham in 1080. During his term as bishop, St-Calais replaced the canons of his cathedral chapter with monks, and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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