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Bec Abbey Bec Abbey, formally the Abbey of Our Lady of Bec (french: Abbaye Notre-Dame du Bec), is a Benedictine monastic foundation in the Eure ''département'', in the Bec valley midway between the cities of Rouen and Bernay. It is located in Le Bec Hello ...

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see of Rochester The Diocese of Rochester is a Church of England diocese in the English county of Kent and the Province of Canterbury. The cathedral church of the diocese is Rochester Cathedral in the former city of Rochester. The bishop's Latin episcopal signat ...

.British History Online Bishops of Rochester
accessed on 30 October 2007 He was consecrated early 1076. He died about 15 July 1076.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 266

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British History Online Bishops of Rochester
accessed on 30 October 2007 * Bishops of Rochester 11th-century English Roman Catholic bishops 1076 deaths Anglo-Normans Year of birth unknown {{England-bishop-stub