Walter Durdent
Appearance
Walter Durdent | |
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Bishop of Coventry | |
Appointed | between April 1148 - October 1149 |
Term ended | 7 December 1159 |
Predecessor | Roger de Clinton |
Successor | Richard Peche |
Other post(s) | Prior of Christ Church Priory, Canterbury |
Orders | |
Consecration | 2 October 1149 |
Personal details | |
Died | 7 December 1159 |
Denomination | Catholic |
Walter Durdent (died 1159) was Bishop of Coventry from 1149 to 1159.
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
[edit]References
[edit]- 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.
Further reading
[edit]- Franklin, M. J. (October 2009). "Durdent, Walter (d. 1159)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/95153. Retrieved 17 March 2011. (subscription or UK public library membership required)