Gervase of Chichester
Gervase of Chichester (died c. 1197) was an English clergyman and writer active in the late 12th century. Gervase was a pupil or student of Hilary of Chichester, the bishop of Chichester. Around 1158 Gervase appears as a clerk King Henry II of England, while also simultaneously serving Henry's chancellor, Thomas Becket. The king and Becket arranged for Gervase's appointment to two churches – Basing and Shelbourne in Berkshire – by Robert de Torigni, the abbot of Mont St Michel. Gervase followed Becket to Canterbury when Becket became archbishop of Canterbury. Herbert of Bosham names Gervase as one of the 17 eruditi, or "scholars" that Becket had at Canterbury. Herbert gave this list as a separate grouping from the secular law experts in Becket's household, explaining that the eruditi were
Wikipage disambiguates
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
primaryTopic
Gervase of Chichester
Gervase of Chichester (died c. 1197) was an English clergyman and writer active in the late 12th century. Gervase was a pupil or student of Hilary of Chichester, the bishop of Chichester. Around 1158 Gervase appears as a clerk King Henry II of England, while also simultaneously serving Henry's chancellor, Thomas Becket. The king and Becket arranged for Gervase's appointment to two churches – Basing and Shelbourne in Berkshire – by Robert de Torigni, the abbot of Mont St Michel. Gervase followed Becket to Canterbury when Becket became archbishop of Canterbury. Herbert of Bosham names Gervase as one of the 17 eruditi, or "scholars" that Becket had at Canterbury. Herbert gave this list as a separate grouping from the secular law experts in Becket's household, explaining that the eruditi were
has abstract
Gervase of Chichester (died c. ...... vase, but this is not certain.
@en
Link from a Wikipage to an external page
Wikipage page ID
49,098,442
page length (characters) of wiki page
Wikipage revision ID
925,509,983
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
wikiPageUsesTemplate
subject
hypernym
comment
Gervase of Chichester (died c. ...... laining that the eruditi were
@en
label
Gervase of Chichester
@en