Randulf of Evesham was a medieval

Bishop of Worcester The Bishop of Worcester is the Ordinary (officer), head of the Church of England Anglican Diocese of Worcester, Diocese of Worcester in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title can be traced back to the foundation of the diocese in the ...

-elect and

Abbot of Evesham The Abbot of Evesham was the head of Evesham Abbey, a Benedictine monastery in Worcestershire founded in the Anglo-Saxon era of English history. The succession continued until the dissolution of the monastery in 1540. List Notes References ...

Life

Randulf was a

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Evesham Abbey Evesham Abbey was founded by Saint Egwin at Evesham in Worcestershire, England between 700 and 710 following an alleged vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Virgin Mary by a swineherd by the name of Eof. According to the monastic history, Evesh ...

before becoming Prior of Worcester on 24 December 1204.British History Online Priors of Worcester
accessed on 3 November 2007 On 2 December 1213 he was elected to the see of Worcester but his election was quashed by the

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for England,

Niccolò de Romanis Niccolò de Romanis (died 1218) was an Italian cardinal and Papal legate. He was Bishop of Frascati from either 1204 or 1205 and Grand penitentiary. He was closely associated with Pope Honorius III as administrator and diplomat. Dean of the Col ...

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, sometime before 20 January 1214 when Randulf was elected

.British History Online Bishops of Worcester
accessed on 3 November 2007 Randulf was elected as abbot on 22 January 1214, and was blessed by the papal legate at St Mary's, York on 10 March 1214. He died 17 December 1229.Knowles, et al. ''Heads of Religious Houses'' p. 41

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British History Online Bishops of Worcester
accessed on 3 November 2007
British History Online Priors of Worcester
accessed on 3 November 2007 * Bishops of Worcester Priors of Worcester Abbots of Evesham 13th-century English Roman Catholic bishops 1229 deaths Year of birth unknown 13th-century Christian abbots {{England-bishop-stub