Robert Hallum

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Robert Hallum's grave slab in Konstanz Minster (illustration from a book from 1887)

Robert Hallum or Hallam (* around 1360/70 in Oxford ; † September 4, 1417 in Gottlieben ) was Bishop of Salisbury from 1407 to 1417 .

Life

Robert Hallum studied at Oxford University , was in the service of the Archbishops of Canterbury from 1381 and was Chancellor of Oxford University from 1403 to 1405.

In 1406 he was appointed Archbishop of York , which King Henry IV did not accept. 1407 he was by Pope Gregory XII. appointed Bishop of Salisbury. On June 6, 1411 he was by John XXIII. created a pseudocardinal , which Hallum did not accept.

At the Council of Pisa in 1409 he represented the English Church. At the Council of Constance he was the chief ambassador of the English legation. For Henry V he represented a course in church reform. He died unexpectedly during the council and was buried at his request in the Konstanz Minster , where a relief plaque in front of the steps to the high choir commemorates him.

The grave slab of Bishop Robert Hallum of Salisbury is in the typical style of the British Isles: brass worked into the stone, made in England.

Web links

literature

  • Joyce Horn (Ed.): Register of Robert Hallum, Bishop of Salisbury, 1407-1417. Canterbury & York Society, 1982, ISBN 0-907239-33-1 .
  • Roger Nathaniel Quirk: Bishop Robert Hallum and the Council of Constance. In: Friends of Salisbury Cathedral. 22nd annual report. Salisbury 1952, pp. 3-15.
  • Ines Stadie: The grave monument for Robert Hallum in the choir. In: Ulrike Laule (Hrsg.): The Constance Minster of Our Lady. 1000 years of the cathedral - 200 years of the parish church. Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-7954-2751-1 , pp. 87-88.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Roger Nathaniel Quirk: Bishop Robert Hallum and the Council of Constance . In: Friends of Salisbury Cathedral. 22nd annual report , Salisbury 1952, p. 3.
predecessor Office successor
Nicholas Bubbewith Bishop of Salisbury
1408 - 1417 		John Chandler
personal data
SURNAME Hallum, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hallam, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Salisbury (1407-1417)
DATE OF BIRTH 14th Century
PLACE OF BIRTH Oxford
DATE OF DEATH September 4, 1417
Place of death Love God