Robert Foliot

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name =Robert Foliot


religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Hereford
Title = Bishop of Hereford
Period = 1173–1186
Predecessor = Robert of Melun
Successor =William de Vere
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post =Archdeacon of Oxford
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date of death =May 9 1186
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Rober Foliot was a medieval Bishop of Hereford.

Life

He was a relative of both Gilbert Foliot, Bishop of Hereford and Bishop of London, and of Robert de Chesney, Bishop of Lincoln. He was a canon of Lincoln Cathedral and an official of the bishop of Lincoln, before being named Archdeacon of Oxford by October 1 1151. He was also a canon of Hereford Cathedral. [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33570 British History Online Archdeacons of Oxford] accessed on October 26, 2007]

He was elected to the see of Hereford in late April of 1173 and consecrated on October 6 1174Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 250] at Canterbury by Archbishop Richard of Dover. He attended the Third Lateran Council in 1179. [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=34422 British History Online Bishops of Hereford] accessed on October 26, 2007]

He died on May 9 1186.

Notes

References

* [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33570 British History Online Archdeacons of Oxford] accessed on October 26, 2007
* [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=34422 British History Online Bishops of Hereford] accessed on October 26, 2007
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DATE OF DEATH=May 9, 1186
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