Nicholas de Aquila

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Nicholas de Aquila

Denomination	Catholic
Senior posting
See	Diocese of Chichester
Title	Bishop of Chichester elect
Period in office	1209–1214
Predecessor	Simon of Wells
Successor	Richard Poore
Religious career
Previous post	Dean of Chichester
Personal
Date of death	after May 26, 1220

Nicholas de Aquila (or Nicholas de l'Aigle or Gilbert de l'Aigle^[1]) was a medieval Bishop of Chichester elect.

[edit] Life

He was a canon lawyer and probably a member of the Laigle family.^[2] He may be the mastter of the school at Avranches in 1198, but was Dean of Chichester before February of 1201.^[3] He was nominated as bishop in 1209, but was never consecrated. His election was quashed about 1214.^[4] He was named Dean of Avranches by 1211 and died sometime after May 26, 1220.^[3]

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• British History Online Bishops of Chichester accessed on October 20, 2007
• British History Online Deans of Chichester accessed on October 20, 2007
• Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology, Third Edition, revised, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X. 
• Richardson, H. G. and G. O. Sayles The Governance of Mediaeval England Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press 1963

Roman Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Simon of Wells	Bishop of Chichester election quashed 1209–1214	Succeeded by Richard Poore

Persondata
NAME	Aquila, Nicholas de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	l'Aigle, Nicholas de; l'Aigle, Gilbert de
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Bishop of Chichester elect
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH	after 1220
PLACE OF DEATH