John (died 1184×1186) was the chancellor of the

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of the

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during his time as chancellor before he became bishop. His appointment to the bishopric may have been intended as a reward for his years of service, but it may also indicate that he did not wish to serve Prince

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after the latter's conflict with Patriarch Aimery of Limoges. John briefly held the chancellorship and bishopric simultaneously—signing a charter of Bohemond III in May 1183—but soon relinquished it. He was succeeded as chancellor by Archbishop

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, who was in office by 1184. He was succeeded as bishop by Aimery by 1186 at the latest.

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{{reflist 1180s deaths 12th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Kingdom of Jerusalem People of the Crusader states