Henry de Sully (bishop of Worcester) explained

Type:Bishop
Henry de Sully
Bishop of Worcester
Religion:Roman Catholic
Elected:4 December 1193
Term End:October 1195
Predecessor:Robert FitzRalph
Successor:John of Coutances
Consecration:12 December 1193
Death Date:23 or 24 October 1195
Previous Post:Abbot of Glastonbury

Henry de Sully (or Henry de Soilli) (d. 23 or 24 October 1195) was a medieval monk, Bishop of Worcester and Abbot of Glastonbury.

Henry became prior of Bermondsey Abbey in 1186. In September 1189, following the death of Henry II of England, Richard I of England appointed him Abbot of Glastonbury.[1] It was while he was Abbot that Glastonbury claimed to find the body of King Arthur around 1191. He was elected to the see of Worcester[2] on 4 December 1193 and consecrated on 12 December 1193. He died on 23 or 24 October 1195.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37814 'House of Cluniac monks: Abbey of Bermondsey', A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 2 (1967), pp. 64–77.
  2. http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33881 British History Online Bishops of Worcester
  3. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 279