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Alvise (Bishop of Arras)

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Alvise Alvise

Bishop Alvise, was a 12th Century Bishop of Arras.

The son of Einard and Hostina he was a native of Flanders but his year of birth is controversial, according to sources 1060AD, 1070AD or 1075AD.

According to medieval chroniclers, he had been a novice and Canon of the Abbey of Saint Bertin at Saint-Omer. He participated in the second crusade with Louis VII of France and according to some sources, he fell ill at Philippopolis, Thrace and died September 6, 1148.

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