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Speaking of this, would anyone hazard a guess as to when a Cistercian was first appointed as a bishop. JW -----Original Message----- From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Bill East Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 8:28 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Interim Saints - June 8th --- [log in to unmask] wrote: > > Why was William of York disowned? (Anyone disowned by Bernard of > Clairvaux > can't have been all bad ...) The tale is tedious to relate, and involves both the national politics of England and the politics of the papacy. Briefly, William was the nephew of King Stephen, and had enemies . . . Innocent II accepted him but died and was replaced by the Cistercian, Eugenius III - Eugenius wanted a Cistercian in post . . . Oriens. ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%