Richard of Gloucester or Richard Fitz Robert was appointed
bishop of Bayeux
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bayeux and Lisieux (Latin: ''Dioecesis Baiocensis et Lexoviensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Bayeux et Lisieux'') is a diocese of the Catholic Church in France. It is coextensive with the Department of Calvados and is ...
in
France
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in 1138 and died in 1142. He was the eldest son of
Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester
Robert FitzRoy, 1st Earl of Gloucester (c. 1090 – 31 October 1147 David Crouch, 'Robert, first earl of Gloucester (b. c. 1090, d. 1147)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 200Retrieved ...
, but he was illegitimate. His mother was Isabel of Dover, daughter of
Samson of Worcester
Samson (died 5 May 1112) was a medieval English clergyman who was Bishop of Worcester from 1096 to 1112.
Life
Samson was a Royal Chaplain and a canon and Treasurer of the diocese of Bayeux.[Bishop of Worcester
A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.
In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...]
.
[David Crouch]
Robert, first earl of Gloucester (b. before 1100, d. 1147)
''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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'', Oxford University Press, May 2006.[Everett U. Crosby, ''The King's Bishops: The Politics of Patronage in England and Normandy, 1066–1216'' (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013), p. 172.]
He was the
nephew
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of
Richard de Douvres
Richard fitz Samson, also known as Richard of Dover (french: Richard de Douvres), was the bishop of Bayeux (as Richard II) at the beginning of the 12th century.
Family
Richard was the son of Samson of Worcester,Fisquet, Honoré Jean P. (1864): ' ...
, his predecessor in the see of Bayeux.
Biography
His father obtained the see of Bayeux by the support he gave to King .
Richard donated the church and the dîme d'Isigny to the
cathedral chapter
According to both Catholic and Anglican canon law, a cathedral chapter is a college of clerics ( chapter) formed to advise a bishop and, in the case of a vacancy of the episcopal see in some countries, to govern the diocese during the vacancy. In ...
in 1138. The same year, he consecrated the
Abbey of Ardenne, dedicated in honour of the
Blessed Virgin
Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of ...
.
[Archives départementales du Calvados, série H, fonds d'Ardenne]
References
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1142 deaths
Bishops of Bayeux