Duduc (or Dudoc) was a medieval Bishop of Wells.
Life
Dudoc was a native of LorrainePowell and Wallis House of Lords p. 14 note 19 or of Saxony.Barlow English Church pp. 75–76 He was a priest for Cnut before being named Bishop of WellsKnowles Monastic Order p. 70 note 1 by Cnut in 1033.Stenton Anglo Saxon England p. 464 He was consecrated 11 June 1033.Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 222
King Edward the Confessor sent Dudoc along with two abbots to Rheims in 1049 on a diplomatic mission,Barlow Edward the Confessor p. 169 note 3 where he attended the Council of Reims held by Pope Leo IX.Barlow English Church p. 117
Dudoc died on 18 January 1060. He left his estates and vestments to his church, but the will was invalidated by King Edward, partly at the request of Archbishop Stigand, who received one of the estates instead.Barlow English Church p. 79 footnote 2
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