Maugis was a Catholic cleric who

bishop of Avranches The Roman Catholic Diocese of Coutances (–Avranches) (Latin: ''Dioecesis Constantiensis (–Abrincensis)''; French: ''Diocèse de Coutances (–Avranches)'') is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in France. Its mother church is the Cathe ...

in what is today France from 1017 to 1022. Records show that Maugis initiated the construction of the

cathedral A cathedral is a church that contains the '' cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denomination ...

on 1125.Daniel Levalet, « La cathédrale Saint-André et les origines chrétiennes d'Avranches » dans ''Archéologie Médiévale'', volume 12, 1982, p.107-153. He appears as witness in 10 charters.Richard Allen, "The Norman Episcopate 989-1110" (2009), PhD thesis. Mauguis died in 1026.

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* Richard Allen, "The Norman Episcopate 989-1110" (2009), PhD thesis. * Recueil des actes des ducs de Normandie de 911 à 1066, ed. M.Faroux (Caen, 1961) 11th-century French Roman Catholic bishops Bishops of Avranches {{France-RC-bishop-stub