Gilbert Universalis

Gilbert Universalis
Bishop of London
Diocese	Diocese of London
Elected	December 1127
Reign ended	9 August 1134
Predecessor	Richard de Beaumis
Successor	Anselm of St Saba
Orders
Consecration	22 January 1128
Personal details
Died	9 August 1134
Denomination	Catholic

Gilbert Universalis (or Gilbert the Universal; died 1134) was a medieval Bishop of London.

1 Life
2 Works
3 Notes
4 References
5 Further reading

Life

Gilbert was elected to the see of London about December 1127.^[1] He was consecrated on 22 January 1128. He died on 9 August 1134.^[2] His death was commemorated on 9 August.^[1]

Works

Gilbert the Universal worked on the so-called Glossa ordinaria, a compilation of what historically prominent commentators had written on the books of the Bible. Gilbert also compiled the Gloss on Lamentations. He is particularly notable for developing the previous compilation of Paschasius Radbertus on Lamentations into an argument for the Christian use of Ciceronian rhetoric.

Notes

^ ^a ^b British History Online Bishops of London accessed on 28 October 2007
^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 258

References

British History Online Bishops of London accessed on 28 October 2007
Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

Alexander Andrée, Gilbertus Universalis: Glossa ordinaria in Lamentationes Ieremie prophete. Prothemata et Liber I. A Critical Edition with an Introduction and a Translation, Acta Universitatis Stockholmiensis, Studia Latina Stockholmiensia 52 (Stockholm, 2005). Available through the web at: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-531

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Richard de Beaumis	Bishop of London 1128–1134	Succeeded by Anselm of St Saba

Bishops of London

Post-Augustine	Mellitus Cedd Wine Earconwald Waldhere Ingwald Ecgwulf Wigheah Eadberht Eadgar Coenwalh Eadbald Heathoberht Osmund Æthelnoth Ceolberht Deorwulf Swithwulf Heahstan Wulfsige Æthelweard Leofstan Theodred Brihthelm Dunstan Ælfstan Wulfstan Ælfhun Ælfwig Ælfweard Robert of Jumièges Spearhafoc

Post-Conquest	William the Norman Hugh d'Orevalle Maurice Richard de Beaumis (uncle) Gilbert Universalis Robert de Sigello Richard de Beaumis (nephew) Gilbert Foliot Richard FitzNeal William of Sainte-Mère-Eglise Eustace of Fauconberg Roger Niger Fulk Basset Henry Wingham Richard Talbot Henry of Sandwich John Chishull Fulke Lovell Richard Gravesend Ralph Baldock Gilbert Segrave Richard Newport Stephen Gravesend Richard de Wentworth Ralph Stratford Michael Northburgh Simon Sudbury William Courtenay Robert Braybrooke Roger Walden Nicholas Bubwith Richard Clifford John Kemp William Grey Robert FitzHugh Robert Gilbert Thomas Kempe Richard Hill Thomas Savage William Warham William Barons Richard FitzJames

Post-Reformation	Cuthbert Tunstall John Stokesley Edmund Bonner Nicholas Ridley Edmund Bonner Edmund Grindal Edwin Sandys John Aylmer Richard Fletcher Richard Bancroft Richard Vaughan Thomas Ravis George Abbot John King George Montaigne William Laud William Juxon Gilbert Sheldon Humphrey Henchman Henry Compton John Robinson Edmund Gibson Thomas Sherlock Thomas Hayter Richard Osbaldeston Richard Terrick Robert Lowth Beilby Porteus John Randolph William Howley Charles Blomfield Archibald Tait John Jackson Frederick Temple Mandell Creighton Arthur Winnington-Ingram Geoffrey Fisher William Wand Henry Campbell Robert Stopford Gerald Ellison Graham Leonard David Hope Richard Chartres

Persondata
Name	Universalis, Gilbert
Alternative names	Gilbert the Universal
Short description	Bishop of London
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	9 August 1134
Place of death

Gilbert Universalis

Contents

Life

Works

Notes

References

Further reading