About Biso
Lived 900 – 1000. Biso was a catholic priest.
Biso (887–909) was a Bishop of Paderborn.
Biso was born in the 9th century in the western part of the Duchy of Saxony. As the first bishop who was a freely elected cleric he was ordained on 2 May 887 by the Archbishop of Mainz, Liutbert. His investiture was presided over by King Charles the Fat. Biso was bishop from 887 to 9 September 909. He is interred in Paderborn Cathedral. During his time as bishop he dealt with eleven popes. He died on 9 September 909.
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Who was Biso?
Bishop of Paderborn
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Biso was born in 900.
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Biso died in 1000.
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Biso was a catholic priest.
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