Bishop Alvise (died September 6, 1148) was a Bishop of Arras in the 12th century.
Biography The son of Einard and Hostina,L'abbaye d'Anchin de sa fondation (1079) au XIVe siècle : essor, vie et rayonnement d'une grande communauté bénédictine - par Jean-Pierre Gerzaguet - Presses universitaires Septentrion- 1997 page 91 he was a native of FlandersHistoria monasterii (MGH, SS,14, particulièrement 586-588) but his year of birth is controversial, with sources claiming 1060, 1070 or 1075.
According to medieval chroniclers,Histoire de l'église gallicane - IVème édition- par Jacques Longueval - Paris Rue de Garanciére n°10 (près de saint-Sulpice, 1826) vol8 page 265. he had been a novice and Canon of the Abbey of Saint Bertin at Saint-Omer. He was then prior of the Abbey of Saint-Vaast and then abbot of Anchin Abbey. He was an energetic supporter of the Cluniac reforms and helped to spread them to Marchiennes Abbey, Ghent and Lobbes among other places. He participated in the Second Crusade with Louis VII of France and according to some sources, he fell ill at Philippopolis, Thrace and died September 6, 1148.Histoire de l'église gallicane - IVème édition- par Jacques Longueval - Paris Rue de Garanciére n°10 (près de saint-Sulpice, 1826) vol8 page 265.
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