Comoere

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Comoere
Bishop of Cornwall
Appointed959 and 963
Term endedbetween 981 and a period between 988 and 990
Predecessor Daniel of Cornwall
Successor Ealdred
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.

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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

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

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