William de Turbeville

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name =William de Turbeville


religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Norwich
Title = Bishop of Norwich
Period = 1146–1174
Predecessor = Everard
Successor =John of Oxford
ordination =
bishops =
post =
date of birth = c1095
place of birth =
date of death =January 16 1174
place of death =Norwich

William de Turbeville (or William Turbe) (c. 1095 – Norwich, January 16 1174) was Bishop of Norwich 1146 to 1174.

Life

William de Turbeville was educated in the Benedictine cathedral priory of Norwich. Here he also made religious profession, first as a teacher and later as prior. He first held the office of precentor of the diocese of Norwich from about 1136, and was subsequently Prior of Norwich. [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33867 British History Online Priors of Norwich] accessed on October 29, 2007]

He was present at the Easter synod of 1144 when Godwin Stuart told the improbable story that his nephew William, a boy of about twelve years, had been murdered by the Norwich Jews during the preceding Holy Week.

When William de Turbeville became bishop in 1146Powicke "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 242] he propagated the cult of the "boy-martyr" William. On four different occasions he had the boy's remains transferred to more honourable places, and in 1168 erected a chapel in his honor in Mousehold Wood, where the boy's body was said to have been found. He persuaded Thomas of Monmouth, a monk of Norwich priory, to write "The Life and Miracles of St. William of Norwich" about 1173, the only extant authority for the legend of William of Norwich now commonly discredited.

He died on January 16 1174 or January 17 1174. [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33866 British History Online Bishops of Norwich] accessed on October 29, 2007]

ee also

*List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Norwich, England and its precursor offices

Notes

References

* [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33866 British History Online Bishops of Norwich] accessed on October 29, 2007
* [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33867 British History Online Priors of Norwich] accessed on October 29, 2007
*Catholic
*Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961

Persondata
NAME=Turbeville, William de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Turbe, William
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Bishop of Norwich
DATE OF BIRTH=
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DATE OF DEATH=January 16, 1174
PLACE OF DEATH=Norwich