Gisa (also spelt Giso) was Bishop of Wells from 1060 to 1088. Life Gisa was born in Lorraine,Barlow Edward the Confessor p. 245 possibly from the village of St Trond in modern Belgium,Barrow "Giso (d. 1088)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online Edition accessed 14 November 2007 and was among a number of foreign churchmen brought to England by Edward the Confessor. At first he held the position of king's chaplain, British History Online Bishops of Bath and Wells accessed on 23 Septembe… (More on Gisa) |