Cresconius (Bishop of Iria) (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Cresconius (c. 1036 - 1066) was a bishop of Iria Flavia and Santiago de Compostela during the eleventh century. He succeeded Vistruarius (Vistruario). He was a supporter of Ferdinand I of Castile and educated this king's son. Ferdinand's son, Garc a II of Galicia and Portugal, was later crowned by Cresconius himself as king of Galicia. Like his contemporary Odo of Bayeux, Cresconius was a "warrior bishop." During a Viking invasion of Galicia, Cresconius gathered an army and, assuming leadership of the Galician nobility, defeated the invader. He fortified the site known as Castellum Honesti, today Torres del Oeste near Padr n, with the goal of blocking future invasions via the Arosa. He built the city walls of Santiago de Compostela and enlarged his diocese.