Germanus of Winchester
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Germanus (sometimes Germanus of Winchester, died circa 1013) was a medieval English abbot and Benedictine monk. He travelled to Rome in about 957 and became a monk at Fleury Abbey in France. Back in England by 964 he served as a monastic official before being named abbot of Winchcombe Abbey in about 970, a position he was removed from in 975. Germanus may have become abbot of Cholsey Abbey in 992.
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Germanus | |
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Abbot of Winchcombe Abbey | |
Church | Winchcombe Abbey |
Appointed | c. 970 |
Term ended | 975 |
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Born | Germanus |
Died | c. 1013 |
Nationality | English |
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