--- Christopher Crockett <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > sorry, meant to
add:
>
> >A considerable number of bishops also became Cistercians on their
> deathbeds;
> the first example is William of Champeaux, bishop of
> Chalons-sur-Marne (1121).
>
>
> that's a bit curious, since William founded St. Victor's, Paris.
> wonder why
> he didn't go home.
Probably because he was a pal of St Bernard's, who had a way of getting
his pals into the Cistercian order.
Oriens.
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