Robert de Bethune

Infobox bishopbiog
name =Robert de Bethune


religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Hereford
Title = Bishop of Hereford
Period = 1131–1148
Predecessor = Richard de Capella
Successor =Gilbert Foliot
ordination =
bishops =
post =Prior of Llanthony
date of birth =
place of birth =
date of death =April 16 1148
place of death =Rheims

Robert de Bethune (or Robert de Betun) was a medieval Bishop of Hereford.

Life

He studied under William of Champeaux and Anselm of Laon before becoming a schoomaster in England. He was a canon of Llanthony Priory before 1115, and was elected prior of that house in the middle 1120s. [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=34422 British History Online Bishops of Hereford] accessed on October 26, 2007]

Pope Innocent II ordered that Robert be allowed to accept the see of Hereford in 1131. He was consecrated on June 28 1131Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 250] at Rochester.

He died on April 16 1148 at Rheims while attending the Council of Rheims.

Notes

References

* [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=34422 British History Online Bishops of Hereford] accessed on October 26, 2007
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Persondata
NAME=Bethune, Robert de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Betun, Robert de
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Bishop of Hereford
DATE OF BIRTH=
PLACE OF BIRTH=
DATE OF DEATH=April 16, 1148
PLACE OF DEATH=Rheims