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Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Grosseteste, Robert
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A famous bishop of Lincoln, born at Stradbroke, Suffolk, of peasant parents; a man of rare learning, he became a lecturer in the Franciscan school at Oxford, and rose through various stages to be bishop of Lincoln in 1235; he was an active Parliamentarian, and gave valuable assistance to his friend Simon de Montfort in the struggle with Henry III., and headed the Church reform party against the nepotism of Innocent IV.; according to Stubbs, "he was the most learned, the most acute, and most holy man of his time" (1175-1253).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Grosseteste, Robert'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/g/grosseteste-robert.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Grosseteste, Robert'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/g/grosseteste-robert.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
