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Walter Durdent

Walter Durdent
Bishop of Coventry
Appointedbetween April 1148 - October 1149
Term ended7 December 1159
PredecessorRoger de Clinton
SuccessorRichard Peche
Other post(s)Prior of Christ Church Priory, Canterbury
Orders
Consecration2 October 1149
Personal details
Died7 December 1159
DenominationCatholic

Walter Durdent (died 1159) was Bishop of Coventry from 1149 to 1159.

Durdent was a Benedictine monk before his elevation to the episcopate.[1] He was prior of Christ Church Priory in Canterbury when he was elected to Coventry through the influence of Archbishop Theobald of Canterbury.[2] Walter was consecrated as Bishop of Coventry on 2 October 1149.[3] He was considered an excellent theologian.[2] During his time as bishop, he forbade the practice of selling the chrism used in various ecclesiastical rituals.[4]

Durdent died 7 December 1159.[3]

  1. ^ Knowles Monastic Order p. 629 and footnote 3
  2. ^ a b Barlow English Church p. 101
  3. ^ a b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 253
  4. ^ Cheney "Recognition of Pope Alexander III" English Historical Review p. 477

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