Gundobald or Gombald (died after 998) was the
Archbishop of Bordeaux
The Archdiocese of Bordeaux (–Bazas) (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Burdigalensis (–Bazensis)''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Bordeaux (–Bazas)''; Occitan: ''Archidiocèsi de Bordèu (–Vasats)'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or a ...
from 989 to his death. He was the ''episcopus Gasconum'', bishop of the
Gascons, from 978, holding the episcopal dignity in all the Gascon sees. He was the third son of
Sancho IV of Gascony
The name Sancho () is an Iberian name of Basque origin (Santxo, Santzo, Santso, Antzo, Sans). Sancho stems from the Latin name Sanctius. Feminine forms of the name are Sancha, Sancia, and Sanchia (), and the common patronymic is Sánchez and ...
and thus a brother of
Sancho V and
William II, successive
dukes of Gascony
The Duchy of Gascony or Duchy of Vasconia was a duchy located in present-day southwestern France and northeastern Spain, an area encompassing the modern region of Gascony. The Duchy of Gascony, then known as ''Wasconia'', was originally a Franki ...
.
In 977, he refounded the monastery of
La Réole. He and his brother William together had complete control of the ecclesiastical and secular administration of Gascony, which allowed the duchy to prosper and reenter history after a period of obscurity during their rule. Gundobald was eventually elevated to the archiepiscopal dignity of Bordeaux. He dedicated the monastery at
Maillezais.
In June 989, he led the
synod of Charroux, at which the
Peace of God
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was first proclaimed. He pronounced excommunication on all those who plundered churches, assaulted the clergy, or robbed the rustic poor.
[Jordan, 26.]
Sources
*Higounet, Charles. ''Bordeaux pendant le haut moyen age''. Bordeaux, 1963.
*
Jordan, William Chester. ''Europe in the High Middle Ages''. London: Viking, 2003.
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10th-century archbishops
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