Peter III was the

Bishop of Lugo __NOTOC__ The Catholic Diocese of Lugo is one of the five Roman Catholic sees within Galicia, in north-western Spain, and one of the four suffragans in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela.

from 1113 until 1133. Peter was a chaplain of

Queen Urraca Queen or QUEEN may refer to: Monarchy * Queen regnant, a female monarch of a Kingdom ** List of queens regnant * Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king * Queen dowager, the widow of a king * Queen mother, a queen dowager who is the mothe ...

(''capellanus regine'') before he was raised to the see of Lugo after the resignation of his ineffective predecessor, Peter II, in 1113. According to the suggestions of the ''

Historia compostellana The (fully titled in la, De rebus gestis D. Didaci Gelmirez, primi Compostellani Archiepiscopi) is an anonymously-written historical chronicle based on the relation of events by a writer in the immediate circle of Diego Gelmírez, second bisho ...

'', Peter III remained closely attached to the queen even after his elevation. He reorganised the chapter of the

cathedral of Lugo Saint Mary's Cathedral ( gl, Catedral de Santa María), better known as Lugo Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic church and basilica in Lugo, Galicia, north-western Spain. The cathedral was erected in the early 12th century in a Romanesque style, w ...

and began construction on a new building. He was active in acquiring land for his diocese, as well as Papal privileges in 1123 and 1131.

Richard A. Fletcher Richard Alexander Fletcher (28 March 1944, in York, England – 28 February 2005, in Nunnington, England) was a historian who specialised in the medieval period. Early years Richard Fletcher was the eldest child and only son of Alexander Kendal ...

(1978
''The Episcopate in the Kingdom of León in the Twelfth Century''
(Oxford: Oxford University Press), 65–66. A facsimile of a charter of Peter's dated 19 March 1132, and subscribed by a chaplain (''capellanus''), probably of the bishop, by all the canons (''omnes canonici''), and by all the burgers of the town (''omnes burgenses'') is printed in Fletcher, 118–19.

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