| Type: | Bishop |
| Bishop of Arras | |
| Diocese: | Arras |
| Elected: | 1131 |
| Retired: | --> |
| Predecessor: | Robert I |
| Successor: | Godescalc |
| Other Post: | Abbot of Anchin Abbey (?-1131) |
| Death Place: | Philippopolis, Byzantine Empire |
| Nationality: | Flemish |
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Bishop Alvise (died September 6, 1148) was a Bishop of Arras in the 12th century.
The son of Einard and Hostina,[1] he was a native of Flanders[2] but his year of birth is controversial, with sources claiming 1060, 1070 or 1075.
According to medieval chroniclers,[3] he had been a novice and Canon of the Abbey of Saint Bertin at Saint-Omer. He was then prior of the Abbey of Saint-Vaast and then abbot of Anchin Abbey. He was a energetic supporter of the Cluniac reforms and helped to spread them to Marchiennes Abbey, Ghent and Lobbes among other places.[4] He participated in the second crusade with Louis VII of France and according to some sources, he fell ill at Philippopolis, Thrace and died September 6, 1148.[5]