Walter Durdent

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Walter Durdent
Denomination Catholic
Senior posting
See Diocese of Coventry
Title Bishop of Coventry
Period in office 1149–1159
Predecessor Roger de Clinton
Successor Richard Peche
Personal
Date of death December 7, 1159

Walter Durdent was a medieval Bishop of Coventry.

He was consecrated on October 2, 1149. He died on December 7, 1159.[1] He was a Benedictine monk before his elevation to the episcopate.[2] He was prior of Christ Church Priory in Canterbury when he was elected through the influence of Archbishop Theobald of Canterbury. Walter was considered an excellent theologian.[3]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 253
  2. ^ Knowles The Monastic Order in England p. 629 and footnote 3
  3. ^ Barlow The English Church 1066-1154 p. 101

[edit] References

  • Barlow, Frank The English Church 1066-1154 London:Longman 1979 ISBN 0-582-50236-5
  • 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. 
  • 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
Roman Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Roger de Clinton
Bishop of Coventry
1149–1159
Succeeded by
Richard Peche
Persondata
NAME Durdent, Walter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Bishop of Coventry
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH December 7, 1159
PLACE OF DEATH