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'''Norgod''' was [[bishop of Avranches]] from 990 to 1017-c.1022. Almost nothing is known about him, and his first appearance as bishop dates from the foundation of [[Fécamp Abbey|Fécamp]], on 15 June 990. After that, he appears c. 1015 witnessing two charters with donations to [[Mont Saint-Michel]], by Robert, Count of Mortain, and [[Gunnora|Gunnor]], wife or [[Richard I of Normandy|Richard I]]. Finally, in 1017, he witnessed a charter by [[William of Volpiano]] concerning the privileges of the monks of [[Abbey of Fruttuaria|Fruttuaria]].  He removed himself to Mont Saint-Michel soon after, where he finished his days as a monk. He died either on 14 October, either on 1026 or 1036.<ref name="Allen">Richard Allen, "The Norman Episcopate 989-1110" (2009), PhD thesis.{{Page number needed|date=September 2018}}</ref>
The only other reference to Norgod is a story of a vision preserved in Latin<ref>Chroniques latines du Mont Saint-Michel (IXe-XIIe siècles), ed. P.Bouet and O.Desbordes (Caen, 2009) pp. 312-314</ref> and the vernacular.<ref>William de Saint Pair, Le Roman du Mont-Saint-Michel (XIIe siècle), ed. C.Bougy (Caen, 2009), pp. 252-258.</ref> In the story, after a meeting with Mainard II, abbot of Mont-Sant-Michel, Norgod saw a fire consuming the abbey. Next day, he went to the abbey to bury the dead, but nothing had happened. Then both men deduced that Norgod had seen the Archangel Michael hovering over the abbey.
==Notes and references==
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==References==
* Richard Allen, "The Norman Episcopate 989-1110" (2009), PhD thesis.{{full citation needed|date=September 2018}}
* Recueil des actes des ducs de Normandie de 911 à 1066, ed. M.Faroux (Caen, 1961)
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