Roger Skerning
Roger Skerning | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Norwich | |
| Elected | 23 January 1266 |
| Term ended | 22 January 1278 |
| Predecessor | Simon Walton |
| Successor | William Middleton |
| Other post(s) | Prior of Norwich |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 4 April 1266 |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 22 January 1278 |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Roger Skerning (or Roger de Skerning; died 22 January 1278) was a medieval Bishop of Norwich.
Life
[edit]Skerning was a monk of Norwich Cathedral before he was elected Prior of Norwich in 1257.[1]
Skerning was elected to the see of Norwich on 23 January 1266 and was consecrated on 4 April 1266.[2]
In 1276, William Freney, titular archbishop of Edessa, was acting as Skerning's suffragan in Norwich.[3]
Skerning died on 22 January 1278.[4]
Citations
[edit]- ^ British History Online Priors of Norwich accessed on 29 October 2007
- ^ British History Online Bishops of Norwich accessed on 29 October 2007
- ^ Jackson, "Freney, William".
- ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 261
References
[edit]- British History Online Bishops of Norwich accessed on 29 October 2007
- British History Online Priors of Norwich accessed on 29 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.
- Jackson, Peter (2005). "Freney, William (fl. 1263–1286)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Online [2014] ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/92436. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
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