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Biso (887 – 909) was a Bishop of Paderborn. [1]

Biso was born in the 9th century in the western part of the Duchy of Saxony. As the first bishop who was a freely elected cleric he was ordained on 2 May 887 by the Archbishop of Mainz, Liutbert. His investiture was presided over by King Charles the Fat. Biso was bishop from 887 to 9 September 909. He is interred in Paderborn Cathedral. During his time as bishop he dealt with eleven popes. He died on 9 September 909.

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References

  1. Hartig et al. 1993, p. 12.

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Preceded by Bishop of Paderborn
887–909
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