Herman (bishop)

For other bishops of this name, see Herman (name).

Herman
Bishop of Salisbury
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Province	Canterbury
Appointed	1075
Term ended	20 February 1078
Successor	Osmund
Orders
Consecration	c. 1045
Personal details
Died	20 February 1078
Previous post	Bishop of Ramsbury Bishop of Sherborne

Herman or Hereman^[1] (Latin: Hermannus or Herimannus; died 1078) was a medieval cleric who served as the bishop of Ramsbury and Sherborne before and after the Norman conquest of England. In 1075, he oversaw their unification and translation to Salisbury (then at Old Sarum).^[2] He died before the completion of the new cathedral.

Herman was a native of Flanders^[3] (Lotharingia).^[1] As chaplain of Edward the Confessor, he was named bishop of Ramsbury shortly after 22 April 1045. He visited Rome in 1050, where he attended a papal council with his fellow English bishop Ealdred.^[4] He was named abbot of Malmesbury Abbey by King Edward in 1055^[5] and planned to move his seat there as well,^[6] apparently in the hope of increasing the income from his poor see.^[7] The king revoked this position after three days, however, when the monks and Earl Godwin objected.^[6]

Herman then abandoned Ramsbury to the administration of Ealdred and traveled to the continent to become a monk at the abbey of St Bertin at Saint-Omer.^[5] He returned three years later when the bishopric of Sherborne fell vacant; he was elected, faced no opposition from King Harold,^[5] and resumed administration of Ramsbury around 1058 or 1059.^[1] He later moved the see to the royal fortress at Salisbury.^[8] Approval for this translation and the unification of his sees was given at the council held at London between 1074 and 1075.^[1]

Herman was a patron of Goscelin of Saint-Bertin, a noted medieval historian and musician.^[9]

Herman died on 20 February 1078.^[8]

Citations

1 2 3 4 British History Online Bishops of Salisbury accessed on 30 October 2007
↑ He was sometimes called the "Bishop of Wiltshire".
↑ William of Malmesbury, Gesta Pontificum Anglorum, § 83 cap.6: Regnabat iam tunc Edwardus, qui Hermanno capellano suo, natione Flandrensi, continuo pontificatum donandum putauit.
↑ Smith "Court and Piety" Catholic Historical Review p. 574
1 2 3 Royal Berkshire History. "Herman (d. 1078)". Nash Ford Publishing, 2005.
1 2 Dolan, John Gilbert. "Malmesbury" in the Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), Vol. IX. Encyclopedia Co. (New York), 1913.
↑ Burton, Monastic and Religious Orders, pp. 14–15.
1 2 Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 222
↑ Williams English and the Norman Conquest pp. 134–135

References

Burton, Janet (1994). Monastic and Religious Orders in Britain: 1000–1300. Cambridge Medieval Textbooks. Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-37797-8.
British History Online Bishops of Salisbury accessed on 30 October 2007
Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
Smith, Mary Frances; Fleming, Robin; Halpin, Patricia (2001). "Court and Piety in Late Anglo-Saxon England". The Catholic Historical Review 87 (4): 569–602. doi:10.1353/cat.2001.0189. JSTOR 25026026.
Williams, Ann (2000). The English and the Norman Conquest. Ipswich: Boydell Press. ISBN 0-85115-708-4.

External links

Herman 2 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bertwald (bishop)	Bishop of Ramsbury 1045–1055	Succeeded by Ealdred (administrator)
Preceded by Ealdred (administrator)	Bishop of Ramsbury 1058–1075	United and translated to Salisbury
Preceded by Ælfwold II	Bishop of Sherborne 1058–1075	United and translated to Salisbury
New title	Bishop of Salisbury 1075–1078	Succeeded by Osmund

Bishops of Ramsbury

Medieval diocesans	Aethelstan Oda of Canterbury Ælfric Oswulf Ælfstan Wulfgar Sigeric the Serious Ælfric of Abingdon Saint Bertwald Herman

Modern suffragans	John Neale (became first area bishop) see area bishops Stephen Conway (previously last area bishop) Ed Condry

Modern area bishops	John Neale Peter Vaughan Peter Hullah Stephen Conway

Bishops of Sherborne

Medieval diocesans	Saint Aldhelm Forthhere Herewald Æthelmod Denefrith Wigberht Eahlstan Saint Heahmund Æthelheah Wulfsige Asser Æthelweard Wærstan Æthelbald Sigehelm Alfred Wulfsige II Ælfwold I Æthelsige I Wulfsige III Æthelric Æthelsige II Brithwine I Ælfmaer Brihtwine II Saint Ælfwold II Herman see merged with Ramsbury and removed to Old Sarum

Modern suffragans	Robert Abbott Gerald Allen Harold Rodgers Maurice Key Victor Pike John Kirkham (became first area bishop) see area bishops Graham Kings (previously last area bishop) Karen Gorham (designate)

Modern area bishops	John Kirkham Tim Thornton Graham Kings

Bishops of Salisbury

see at Old Sarum	merged from Ramsbury & Sherborne Herman Saint Osmund Roger Henry de Sully Philip de Harcourt Josceline de Bohon Hubert Walter Herbert Poore Richard Poore see removed to New Sarum

Medieval	Richard Poore Robert de Bingham William de York Giles of Bridport Walter de la Wyle Robert Wickhampton Walter Scammel Henry Brandeston Lawrence de Awkeburne William de la Corner Nicholas Longespee Simon of Ghent Roger Martival Robert Wyvil Ralph Ergham John Waltham Richard Mitford Nicholas Bubwith Robert Hallam John Chandler Robert Neville William Ayscough Richard Beauchamp Lionel Woodville Thomas Langton John Blyth Henry Deane

Early modern	Edmund Audley Lorenzo Campeggio Nicholas Shaxton John Capon Gasparo Contarini William Petow Francis Mallet John Jewel Edmund Gheast John Piers John Coldwell Henry Cotton Robert Abbot Martin Fotherby Robert Tounson John Davenant Brian Duppa Humphrey Henchman John Earle Alexander Hyde Seth Ward Gilbert Burnet William Talbot Richard Willis Benjamin Hoadly Thomas Sherlock John Gilbert John Thomas (I) The Hon Robert Hay Drummond John Thomas (II) John Hume Shute Barrington John Douglas

Late modern	John Fisher Thomas Burgess Edward Denison Walter Hamilton George Moberly John Wordsworth Frederick Ridgeway St Clair Donaldson Neville Lovett Geoffrey Lunt William Anderson Joseph Fison George Reindorp John Baker David Stancliffe Nick Holtam

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