medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
At 05:36 PM 4/2/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
>Today (3. April) is the feast day of:
>
>Richard of Chichester (d. 1253) Richard was born in c. 1198 in Droitwich
>(England) He studied in Paris, Bologna, and Oxford, and in 1235 became
>chancellor of Oxford University. He went on to become chancellor to
>Archbishop Edmund of of Canterbury, who was his close friend. After Edmund
>died, Richard studied theology and became a priest. In 1244 he became
>bishop of Chichester---elected over royal opposition. He managed to
>establish himself and became a notable pastor and model of clerical life.
>Richard died in Dover while preaching the crusade. His tomb in Chichester
>was a popular pilgrimage site until the Reformation; he was canonized in
>1262.
His canonization is discussed by E. Kemp in his
Canonization and authority in the Western
church / by Eric Waldram Kemp. (Reprint: Westport, Conn. : Hyperion
Press, 1979.)
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