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Herman (died 1078) was a medieval cleric who served as the Bishop of Ramsbury and Bishop of Sherborne before the dioceses were united to form the Bishopric of Salisbury of which he was the first bishop.Herman was a native of Flanders. As chaplain of Edward the Confessor he was named to the see of Ramsbury shortly after 22 April 1045. He visited Rome in 1050 where he attended a papal council along with his fellow English bishop Aldred.