Liège, Palais Provincial05, statues des évêques Francon, Rathère et Wazon

Wazo of Liège (c. 985 – 1048) was

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from 1041 to 1048, and a significant educator and theologian. His life was chronicled by his contemporary

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. During this period Liège became known as an educational center. Wazo, who had himself studied under

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, served as

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under

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before succeeding Notker as bishop. He is noted also for his nuanced approach to cases of

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(not common in his day). In a letter he wrote to Roger,

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, he quoted the New Testament

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and argued "the church should let dissent grow with orthodoxy until the Lord comes to separate and judge them". He was involved in the period 1021–5 in a controversy with John, canon and provost in Liège;

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, then bishop, had Wazo leave for a time. His election as bishop in 1041 was strongly contested,Jaeger, pp. 208–9; Jaeger sees the conflict as between the educational tradition of Brun of Cologne, and monastic tradition; and convicts Wazo of a lack of urbanity. with

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against him.

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