Richard of Carew

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Richard of Carew († April 1, 1280 ) was a Welsh clergyman. From 1255 he was Bishop of St Davids .

Ascent to bishop

The origin of Richard of Carew is unknown. He was labeled a master's degree , so he probably went to university, and was considered a wise theology and philosopher. Before March 1247, he was rector of Carew in Pembrokeshire and in 1255 canon at the St David's Cathedral . Before November 12, 1255, the cathedral chapter elected him the new bishop of the diocese of St Davids . King Henry III However, did not want to recognize the election and informed Pope Alexander IV on November 12th .With. Richard of Carew himself traveled to Rome, where he was ordained bishop by the Pope between February 11 and March 10, 1256. On May 18, which were his temporalities of the diocese passed.

The ruins of the Bishop's Palace in Lamphey, where Richard von Carew had a new hall built

Bishop of St Davids

As bishop Richard of Carew presided over a diocesan synod, which decided on November 12, 1259 a series of church reforms. He had a dispute with Thomas de Cantilupe , Bishop of Hereford, over the privilege of consecrating the church of Dore Abbey , not far from the Welsh-English border . With reference to royal courts, Cantilupe was able to prevail in the dispute. Carew had a stately new residential hall built in the Bishop's Palace in Lamphey . In 1275 Carew had the bones of St. David transferred to a new shrine . This promoted the pilgrimage to St Davids, thanks to the donations received, the renovation of the cathedral of St Davids could be continued. Richard of Carew was buried in St David's Cathedral on April 4, 1280.

literature

  • ST DAVIDS: Bishops. In: MJ Pearson: Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 9, the Welsh Cathedrals (Bangor, Llandaff, St Asaph, St Davids), University of London, 2003, ISBN 1-871348-88-9 , pp. 45-50 ( British History Online )

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Valerie IJ Flint: The Hereford Map . In: Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, Sixth Serices, Vol. VIII , Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1998, ISBN 0-521-65009-7 , p. 37
  2. ↑ British Listed Buildings: Lamphey Bishop's Palace. Retrieved May 20, 2017 .
  3. ^ David Hugh Farmer: The Oxford dictionary of saints . Oxford University Press, Oxford 2011, ISBN 978-0-19-959660-7 , p. 117
predecessor Office successor
Thomas Wallensis Bishop of St. Davids
1255–1280 		Thomas Bek
personal data
SURNAME Richard of Carew
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Richard Carew
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Welsh clergyman, Bishop of St Davids
DATE OF BIRTH 13th Century
DATE OF DEATH April 1, 1280