Saint Osmund


Osmund
Bishop of Salisbury
ProvinceCanterbury
DioceseSalisbury
Appointed1078
Term ended3 or 4 December 1099
Orders
Consecrationc. 3 June 1078
Personal details
Born
Seez, Normandy
Died3 or 4 December 1099
Salisbury
Sainthood
Feast day16 July, 4 December
Venerated inCatholic Church
Church of England
Canonized1 January 1457
by Callixtus III
Patronageinsanity, mental illness, mentally ill people, paralysed people, paralysis, ruptures, toothache
Lord Chancellor
In office
1070–1078
MonarchWilliam I
Preceded byHerfast
Succeeded byMaurice
ShrinesSalisbury Cathedral

Osmund[a] (died 3 December 1099), Count of Sées, was a Norman noble and clergyman. Following the Norman conquest of England, he served as Lord Chancellor (c. 1070–1078) and as the second bishop of Salisbury, or Old Sarum.
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