# Biso

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'''Biso''' (887–909) was a [Bishop of Paderborn](/source/Bishop_of_Paderborn).{{sfn|Hartig|Hengst|Reker|Schmalor|1993|p=12}}

Biso was born in the 9th century in the western part of the [Duchy of Saxony](/source/Duchy_of_Saxony). As the first [bishop](/source/bishop) who was a freely elected [cleric](/source/cleric) he was ordained on 2 May 887 by the [Archbishop of Mainz](/source/Archbishop_of_Mainz), [Liutbert](/source/Liutbert_(Mainz)). His [investiture](/source/investiture) was presided over by King [Charles the Fat](/source/Charles_III_(East_Francia)). Biso was bishop from 887 to 9 September 909. He is interred in [Paderborn Cathedral](/source/Paderborn_Cathedral). During his time as bishop he dealt with eleven popes. He died on 9 September 909.

==References==
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==Literature==
* Brandt/Hengst: ''Die Bischöfe von Paderborn''
* {{cite book |last1=Hartig |first1=Matthias |first2=Karl |last2=Hengst |first3=Michael |last3=Reker |first4=Hermann-Josef |last4=Schmalor |date=1993 |title=Die Inkunabeln in der Erzbischöflichen Akademischen Bibliothek Paderborn |language=de |location=Wiesbaden |publisher=Harrassowitz |isbn=3-447-03310-X}}

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Category:9th-century Saxon bishops
Category:Roman Catholic bishops of Paderborn
Category:9th-century births
Category:10th-century deaths

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