Ralph Gubion (died 6 July 1151) was a native Englishman and

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from 1146 to 1151. Gubion was a native of England, although his surname indicates that his family was likely from Normandy or Brittany. Gubion was a monk at St Albans as well as being a clerk in the household of

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. Through the intercession of Alexander, Gubion was allowed to be simultaneously a monk at St Albans as well as continuing as Alexander's personal chaplain. Gubion had also served as Alexander's treasurer.Keats-Rohan ''Domesday Descendants'' p. 105 He occurs in a charter of the cathedral of Lincoln that is probably dated to the later half of 1147, but this cannot be taken as sure evidence that he was a

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of the Lincoln

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''Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: volume 3: Lincoln'' On 8 May 1146 he was elected abbot, and held office until 1150, when he became ill and handed a number of his duties to the prior. He died on 6 July 1151.Knowles, et al. ''Heads of Religious Houses'' p. 67 While abbot, he was alleged to have abused and tormented the

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of St Albans, Alcuin; eventually Alcuin transferred to

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to escape.Knowles ''Monastic Order'' p. 475 Gubion appointed Robert de Gorron, who was the nephew of Gubion's predecessor –

Geoffrey de Gorham Geoffrey de Gorham (Goreham, Gorron), sometimes called Geoffrey of Dunstable or of Le Mans (died at St Albans, 26 February 1146), was a Normans, Norman scholar who became Abbot of St Albans Abbey, 1119 to 1146.Eugenius III Pope Eugene III ( la, Eugenius III; c. 1080 – 8 July 1153), born Bernardo Pignatelli, or possibly Paganelli, called Bernardo da Pisa, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 15 February 1145 to his death in 1153. He w ...

. Gubion was succeeded by the prior, Robert de Gorron. Gubion was noted as a great lover of books.

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