__NOTOC__ Simon of Ghent (or Simon de Gandavo; died 1315) was a medieval

Bishop of Salisbury The Bishop of Salisbury is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Salisbury in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers much of the counties of Wiltshire and Dorset. The see is in the City of Salisbury where the bishop's seat ...

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. Simon was a prebendary of the diocese of Salisbury and Chancellor of

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, as well as Archdeacon of

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.British History Online Archdeacons of Oxford
Accessed on 30 October 2007. Simon was elected

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on 2 June 1297 and consecrated on 20 October 1297 at

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British History Online Bishops of Salisbury
Accessed on 30 October 2007. He died on 2 April 1315.Fryde, et al.,''Handbook of British Chronology'', p. 270.

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British History Online Archdeacons of Oxford
accessed on 30 October 2007
British History Online Bishops of Salisbury
accessed on 30 October 2007 * Year of birth unknown 1315 deaths Archdeacons of Oxford Bishops of Salisbury Chancellors of the University of Oxford 13th-century English Roman Catholic bishops 14th-century English Roman Catholic bishops {{England-bishop-stub