Eustorge de Scorailles () was the

bishop of Limoges The Diocese of Limoges (Latin: ''Dioecesis Lemovicensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Limoges'') is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The diocese comprises the '' départments'' of Haute-Vienne and Creuse. After the Concordat ...

from 1106 until his death in 1137. He belonged to the local nobility, and was chosen by the

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in an election free of outside interference. Eustorge commissioned the poet Gregory Bechada to write the '' Canso d'Antioca'', a lengthy Occitan poem recounting the

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. This work, relying in part on eyewitness testimony, took twelve years to complete. Following the disputed Papal election of 1130, Eustorge, a supporter of

Innocent II Pope Innocent II (; died 24 September 1143), born Gregorio Papareschi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 14 February 1130 to his death in 1143. His election as Pope was controversial, and the first eight years o ...

, was expelled from his see by Duke

William IX of Aquitaine William IX ( or , ; 22 October 1071 – 10 February 1126), called the Troubadour, was the Duke of Aquitaine and Gascony and Count of Poitou (as William VII) between 1086 and his death. He was also one of the leaders of the Crusade of 1101. Thoug ...

, who supported Anacletus II. By 1135, Abbot

Bernard of Clairvaux Bernard of Clairvaux, Cistercians, O.Cist. (; 109020 August 1153), venerated as Saint Bernard, was an abbot, Mysticism, mystic, co-founder of the Knights Templar, and a major leader in the reform of the Benedictines through the nascent Cistercia ...

had successfully convinced Duke William of Innocent's legitimacy and Eustorge was able to resume his episcopate unimpeded. Eustorge was succeeded by his nephew,

Gérard du Cher Gérard (or Gérald) du Cher (died 1177), numbered Gerald II, was the bishop of Limoges from 1142 until his death. Born into the lower nobility, he succeeded his uncle, Eustorge de Scorailles, as bishop. Five years elapsed between Eustorge's death ...

(died 1177).

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