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unusual facts about Wala of Corbie


Wala of Corbie

Wala (c. 755 – 31 August 836) was a son of Bernard, son of Charles Martel, and one of the principal advisers of his cousin Charlemagne, of Charlemagne's son Louis the Pious, and of Louis's son Lothair I.


Bernard, son of Charles Martel

Wala (d. 835), disgraced and then became the chief advisor of Lothair I in his rebellions

Pope Gregory IV

Gregory was also asked by emperor Louis’s representative, Amalarius of Metz, to provide an Antiphonary for use at church services at Metz, to which Gregory was forced to admit that he had none suitable for the emperor, as he had already given a number to Wala of Corbie, which he had already taken to Francia.


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