Theulf (died 20 October 1123) was a
medieval
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Bishop of Worcester
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.
Life
Theulf was a
canon
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of
Bayeux Cathedral
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and a king's chaplain
[British History Online Bishops of Worcester]
accessed on 3 November 2007 before he was nominated to the
see of Worcester
The Diocese of Worcester forms part of the Church of England (Anglicanism, Anglican) Province of Canterbury in England.
The diocese was founded around 679 by Theodore of Tarsus, St Theodore of Canterbury at Worcester to minister to the Hwicce, ...
on 28 December 1113. He was
consecrated
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on 27 June 1115. He died on 20 October 1123.
[Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 278] The medieval chronicler
William of Malmesbury
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claimed that Theulf confessed on his deathbed that he had purchased his
bishopric
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History
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.
[Bethell "English Black Monks" ''English Historical Review'' p. 682]
Citations
References
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British History Online Bishops of Worcesteraccessed on 3 November 2007
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Bishops of Worcester
1123 deaths
12th-century English Roman Catholic bishops
Year of birth unknown
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