Wazo of Liège

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Wazo of Liège (c. 985 – 1048) was bishop of Liège from 1041 to 1048, and a significant educator and theologian. His life was chronicled by his contemporary Anselm of Liège.

During this period Liège became known as an educational center. Wazo, himself a student with Heriger of Lobbes, served as school master, under his predecessor Notker of Liège, before himself becoming bishop[1].

He is noted also for his nuanced approach to cases of heresy (not common in his day), as represented by a letter he wrote to Roger, bishop of Châlons[2].

He was involved in the period 1021-5 in a controversy with John, canon and provost in Liège; Durandus of Liège, then bishop, had Wazo leave for a time.[3] His election as bishop in 1041 was strongly contested[4], with Emperor Henry III against him.

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  1. ^ C. Stephen Jaeger (1994), The Envy of Angels: Cathedral Schools and Social Ideas in Medieval Europe, 950-1200, p. 55.
  2. ^ The Birth of Heresy, a Millennial Phenomenon
  3. ^ Jaeger, pp. 205-8.
  4. ^ Jeager, pp.208-9; Jaeger see the conflict as between the educational tradition of Brun of Cologne, and monastic tradition; and convicts Wazo of a lack of urbanity.

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