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in Greece. He was consecrated a bishop with

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acting as the principal consecrator on 29 April 1207 in

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* * {{cite book , chapter = Antelm the Nasty, First Latin Archbishop of Patras , last = Schabel , first = Chris , pages = 93–138 , title = Diplomatics in the Eastern Mediterranean 1000–1500: Aspects of Cross-Cultural Communication , editor1-last = Beihammer , editor1-first = Alexander D. , editor2-last = Parani , editor2-first = Maria G. , editor3-last = Schabel , editor3-first = Christopher D. , publisher = BRILL , location = Leiden , year = 2008 , isbn = 978-90-04-16547-2 , chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=_-wtI4Q9HCsC&pg=PA93 12th-century births 1240s deaths 13th-century French clergy Latin archbishops of Patras