Peter III was the

Bishop of Lugo __NOTOC__ The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lugo () is a Latin Church see of the Catholic Church within Galicia, in north-western Spain, and one of the four suffragans in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de C ...

from 1113 until 1133. Peter was a chaplain of Queen Urraca (''capellanus regine'') before he was raised to the see of Lugo after the resignation of his ineffective predecessor, Peter II, in 1113. According to the suggestions of the '' Historia compostellana'', Peter III remained closely attached to the queen even after his elevation. He reorganised the chapter of the

cathedral of Lugo Saint Mary's Cathedral (), better known as Lugo Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic church and basilica in Lugo, Galicia, north-western Spain. The cathedral was erected in the early 12th century in a Romanesque style, with Gothic, Baroque and Neoc ...

and began construction on a new building. He was active in acquiring land for his diocese, as well as Papal privileges in 1123 and 1131. Richard A. Fletcher (1978
''The Episcopate in the Kingdom of León in the Twelfth Century''
(Oxford: Oxford University Press), 65–66. A facsimile of a charter of Peter's dated 19 March 1132, and subscribed by a chaplain (''capellanus''), probably of the bishop, by all the canons (''omnes canonici''), and by all the burgers of the town (''omnes burgenses'') is printed in Fletcher, 118–19.

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