Everard of Calne

Everard of Calne

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name =Everard


religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Norwich
Title = Bishop of Norwich
Period = 1121–1145
Predecessor = Herbert de Losinga
Successor =William de Turbeville
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date of birth =
place of birth =
date of death =1146
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Everard (or Everard of Calne) was a medieval Bishop of Norwich.

Life

He was from Calne in Wiltshire. He was a royal chaplain and held prebends in the diocese of London as well as an archdeacon in the diocese of Salisbury. [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33866 British History Online Bishops of Norwich] accessed on October 29, 2007]

He was consecrated on June 12 1121. He resigned the see in 1145 to be a monk at the Cistercian monastery of Fontenay in the Cote-d'Or in France.

He died on October 12 probably in 1146.Powicke "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 242] He was buried at Fontenay before September 21 1147.

ee also

* List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Norwich, England and its precursor offices

Notes

References

* [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33866 British History Online Bishops of Norwich] accessed on October 29, 2007
* Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961

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