Galon or Gallon (Galo, Gallo, Walo) was a

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(c. 1099-1104) and later

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(1104–1116). He was appointed a

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Paschal II Pope Paschal II ( la, Paschalis II; 1050 1055 – 21 January 1118), born Ranierius, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 August 1099 to his death in 1118. A monk of the Abbey of Cluny, he was cre ...

c. 1103. Born in Beauvais, Galon became Abbot of Saint-Quentin, later enthroned a bishop thanks to the papal support of Paschal II. As a legate he supervised the course of

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in the Polish Church. He summoned a council that deposed two bishops for disobeying the Canons including Cracovian Cazlaus (Czasław), who had married. Galon was also first to bring to Poland the canon law collection ''Collectio trium partium'', a work of his master St. Ivo, medieval canonist and

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. Galon was present at Council of Châlons in 1115. He died February 23, 1116.

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1116 deaths Bishops of Beauvais Bishops of Paris 12th-century French Roman Catholic bishops Year of birth unknown {{Ireland-RC-bishop-stub