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Walter Durdent

Walter Durdent

12th-century Bishop of Coventry

Walter Durdent (died 1159) was Bishop of Coventry from 1149 to 1159.

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Durdent was a Benedictine monk before his elevation to the episcopate.[1] He was prior of Christ Church Priory in Canterbury when he was elected to Coventry through the influence of Archbishop Theobald of Canterbury.[2] Walter was consecrated as Bishop of Coventry on 2 October 1149.[3] He was considered an excellent theologian.[2] During his time as bishop, he forbade the practice of selling the chrism used in various ecclesiastical rituals.[4]

Durdent died 7 December 1159.[3]

Citations

  1. [1]
    Knowles Monastic Order p. 629 and footnote 3
  2. [2]
    Barlow English Church p. 101
  3. [3]
    Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 253
  4. [4]
    Cheney "Recognition of Pope Alexander III" English Historical Review p. 477

References

  • Barlow, Frank (1979). The English Church 1066–1154: A History of the Anglo-Norman Church. New York: Longman. ISBN 0-582-50236-5.
  • Cheney, C. R. (July 1969). "The Recognition of Pope Alexander III: Some Neglected Evidence". The English Historical Review. 84 (332): 474–497. doi:10.1093/ehr/LXXXIV.CCCXXXII.474. JSTOR 562481.
  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  • Knowles, David (1976). The Monastic Order in England: A History of its Development from the Times of St. Dunstan to the Fourth Lateran Council, 940–1216 (Second reprint ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-05479-6.

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