In 1001, he was called to rebuild the destructed Abbey of Fécamp (present-day department of Seine-Maritime) by Richard II, where the Dukes of Normandy had their palace and had chosen to be buried.
A century later, in 1001, he was commissioned by Richard II to reconstruct the ravaged Abbey of Fécamp, a stronghold of the Dukes of Normandy who also chose it as their burial site.