Everard of Calne

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Everard
Bishop of Norwich
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Electedbefore 12 June 1121
Term ended1145
resigned
Predecessor Herbert de Losinga
Successor William de Turbeville
Orders
Consecration12 June 1121
Personal details
Born
Died12 October, probably 1146
Buried Fontenay Abbey, Côte-d'Or
Nationality English
Denomination Roman Catholic

Everard (or Everard of Calne; died probably 1146) was a medieval Bishop of Norwich.

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Life

Everard was from Calne in Wiltshire. He was a royal chaplain and held prebends in the diocese of London as well as an archdeacon in the diocese of Salisbury. [1]

Everard was consecrated on 12 June 1121. He resigned the see in 1145 to be a monk at the Cistercian monastery of Fontenay in the Côte-d'Or in France. [1]

Everard died on 12 October probably in 1146. [2] He was buried at Fontenay before 21 September 1147. [1]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 British History Online Bishops of Norwich Archived 14 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine accessed on 29 October 2007
  2. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 261

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Norwich
1121–1146
Succeeded by