About Guy of Lescar
Guy of Lescar was a priest.
Guy de Lons (died 1141), also known as Gui or Guido de Loth, was the Bishop of Lescar from 1115 to 1141. He made extensive travels in Spain on four occasions, three as Papal legate (1119, 1121 and 1138). He began construction on the extant Lescar Cathedral in 1120.
On his first legatine visit, Guy was present for the foundation of the Confraternity of Belchite by the Navarro-Aragonese king Alfonso the Battler. but according to another contemporary source, William of Malmesbury, he was liberated by the miraculous intercession of the Virgin Mary and Saint Ann, to whom he had been praying. On this same legatine mission, Guy also conveyed a summons to Diego to attend the Second Lateran Council in 1139. The Historia compostellana, a contemporary account of Diego's episcopate, portrays Guy as the archbishop's ally in his conflicts with the saecular powers of Spain.
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Who was Guy of Lescar?
Bishop of Lescar
When did Guy of Lescar die?
Guy of Lescar died in 1141.
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Guy of Lescar was a priest.
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