Galon (bishop of Beauvais)
Galon or Gallon was a Bishop of Beauvais and later Bishop of Paris. He was appointed a papal legate in Poland by Paschal II c. 1103.
Born in Beauvais, Galon became Abbot of Saint-Quentin, later enthroned a bishop thanks to the papal support of Paschal II. As a legate he supervised the course of Gregorian reform in the Polish Church. He summoned a council that deposed two bishops for disobeying the Canons including Cracovian Cazlaus, who had married. Galon was also first to bring to Poland the canon law collection Collectio trium partium, a work of his master St. Ivo, medieval canonist and Bishop of Chartres.
Galon was present at Council of Châlons in 1115. He died February 23, 1116.
