Baldric of Noyon

Baldric or Balderic^[a] was the forty-second bishop of Tournai and Noyon (1099–1112).^[1] He was born in Artois and was a canon and cantor in the dioceses of Cambrai and Thérouanne prior to becoming bishop.^[2]

Baldric giving a charter of liberties to the citizens of Noyon in 1108.
Painting by Louis-Jean Beaupuy [fr] between 1942 and 1945.

The Deeds of the Bishops of Cambrai has mistakenly been attributed to him.^[1] His surviving acta include the charter of 1105 by which he awarded the right of presentment for Tielt to the chapter of St Salvator in Harelbeke.^[3]

Notes

1. His name in French may be spelled Baldéric, Baudri or Baudry. In Latin it is Baldericus.