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John of Salisbusy

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Bishop of Chartres, born at Salisbury, of Saxon lineage; was a pupil of Abelard; was secretary first to Theobald and then to Thomas á Becket, archbishop of Canterbury; was present at the assassination of the latter; afterwards he retired to France and was made bishop; wrote the Lives of St. Thomas and St. Anselm, and other works of importance in connection with the scholasticism of the time (1120-1180).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'John of Salisbusy'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​j/john-of-salisbusy.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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