Seffrid I

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name =Seffrid I


religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Chichester
Title = Bishop of Chichester
Period = 1125–1145
Predecessor = Ralph de Luffa
Successor =Hilary of Chichester
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post =Abbot of Glastonbury
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date of death =1150
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Seffrid I, sometimes known as Seffrid Pelochin, [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=34293 British History Online Bishops of Chichester] accessed on 20 October 2007] was a medieval Bishop of Chichester.

Life

He was the son of Seffrid d'Escures and Guimordis, and was a half brother to Ralph d'Escures, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1114 to 1122. He was a monk at Séez Abbey in Séez, France, and became abbott of Glastonbury Abbey in 1120.Knowles "Heads of Religious Houses" p. 51] He acted as an emissary for King Henry I of England at the papal curia in Rome.Cantor "Church, Kingship, and Lay Investiture" p. 191] In 1123 he went to Rome with Anselm of St Saba as part of William de Corbeil the newly elected Archbishop of Canterbury's party. William was traveling to Rome to secure his pallium.Knowles "The Monastic Order in England" p. 409] Seffrid was nominated to the see of Chichester about February of 1125 and consecrated on 12 April 1125Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 238] by William de Corbeil, the Archbishop of Canterbury, at Lambeth. He was deprived of his see in 1145, and died sometime between 1150 and 1151. He was possibly deprived for homosexuality, and may have been buried at Glastonbury.

Notes

References

* [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=34293 British History Online Bishops of Chichester] accessed on 20 October 2007
* Cantor, Norman F. "Church, Kingship, and Lay Investiture in England 1089-1135" Princeton, NJ:Princeton University Press 1958
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* Knowles, Dom David "The Monastic Order in England: From the Times of St. Dunstan to the Fourth Lateran Council" Second Edition Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1976 reprint ISBN 0-521-05479-6
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