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3 unusual facts about Adelochus


Adelochus

Another Adelochus was Adelochus (Adelog) of Dorstadt, Bishop of Hildesheim, 1171–1190.

He is buried in a Romanesque carved sarcophagus supported on couchant lions, and carved with figures in a blind arcade with the Saviour flanked by the kneeling bishop and an angel and in the two outermost panels, a man riding a fish and a man strangling two dragons.

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In the ninth century, Bishop Adelochus established a magnificent church with adjoining school, however both burned down in 1007, and again in 1144.


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