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Who was Bishop Jerome and what role did he have in El Cid’s Valencia?
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El Cid
The Cid, sculpture in Balboa Park, San Diego.
Bishop Jerome was a French clergyman who played a significant role in the religious administration of Valencia following its conquest by El Cid.
In 1096, after El Cid had established control over the city, the chief mosque was converted into a Christian church. Jerome was appointed to serve as the bishop of this newly established see, marking a formal transition in the city's religious landscape under El Cid’s rule.1