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Germanus
Abbot of Winchcombe Abbey
ChurchWinchcombe Abbey
Appointedc. 970
Term ended975
Personal details
Born
Germanus
Diedc. 1013
NationalityEnglish

Germanus (sometimes Germanus of Winchester, died circa 1013) was a medieval English abbot and Benedictine monk. He travelled to Rome in about 957 and became a monk at Fleury Abbey in France. Back in England by 964 he served as a monastic official before being named abbot of Winchcombe Abbey in about 970, a position he was removed from in 975. Germanus may have become abbot of Cholsey Abbey in 992.

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British Library

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1270s

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