Henry Gower (or Henry de Gower) was a medieval
canon law
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yer,
college
fellow
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, university
chancellor, and
bishop
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.
Gower was a Fellow of
Merton College, Oxford in
England
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and
Chancellor of the University of Oxford
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during 1322–24.
He was a professor of
canon law
Canon law (from grc, κανών, , a 'straight measuring rod, ruler') is a set of ordinances and regulations made by ecclesiastical authority (church leadership) for the government of a Christian organization or church and its members. It is th ...
.
He was briefly
Archdeacon of St David's in Wales before becoming
Bishop of St David's
The Bishop of St Davids is the ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of St Davids.
The succession of bishops stretches back to Saint David who in the 6th century established his seat in what is today the city of St Davids in Pembrokeshire, ...
from 1328 to 1347.
See also
*
Gower
Gower ( cy, Gŵyr) or the Gower Peninsula () in southwest Wales, projects towards the Bristol Channel. It is the most westerly part of the historic county of Glamorgan. In 1956, the majority of Gower became the first area in the United Kingdom ...
in Wales
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Canonical theologians
Fellows of Merton College, Oxford
Chancellors of the University of Oxford
Bishops of St Davids
14th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Wales
Archdeacons of St Davids
English male writers
14th-century Welsh lawyers
14th-century English lawyers
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