| LC control no. | n 2012111142 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | William, of Corbeil, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Variant(s) | Guillaume, of Corbeil, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Birth date | 1070~ |
| Death date | 1136-11-21 |
| Affiliation | Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Canterbury (England) |
| Profession or occupation | Bishops |
| Found in | Truax, Jean. Archbishops Ralph d'Escures, William of Corbeil ... c2012: ECIP ch. 9 (Archbishop William of Corbeil) Date de la composition des recueils de Miracula sancti Thomæ Cantuariensis dûs à Benoît de Peterborough et à Guillaume de Cantorbéry, not before 1920: p. 1 (Willelmus Cantuariensis monachus) BNF via VIAF, Feb. 21, 2018 (hdg.: Guillaume de Corbeil (1070?-1136); b. 1070?; d. 1136-11-21; archbishop of Canterbury; rejected forms: William of Corbeil (1070?-1136); Wilhelm von Corbeil (1070?-1136); Corbeil, William de (1070?-1136)) NFL via VIAF, FEb. 21, 2018 (hdg.:William, of Corbeil, Archbishop of Canterbury, ca. 1070-1136) Wikipedia, Feb. 21, 2018 (William de Corbeil or William of Corbeil (c. 1070-1136); medieval Archbishop of Canterbury; very little is known of William's early life or his family, except that he was born at Corbeil in the outskirts of Paris and that he had two brothers; educated as a theologian; taught briefly before serving the bishops of Durham and London as a clerk and subsequently becoming a canon, a priest who lived a communal life; elected to the see of Canterbury as a compromise candidate in 1123, the first canon to become an English archbishop; succeeded Ralph d'Escures, who had employed him as a chaplain) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_de_Corbeil> Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online, Feb. 21, 2018 (Corbeil, William de (d. 1136), archbishop of Canterbury; probably born in Corbeil, a small town on the Seine a little way upstream from Paris, now absorbed in Évry Corbeil-Essonnes; born about 1070, in the reign of Philippe I of France; nothing is known about his parents or upbringing, but two brothers, Ranulf and Helgot, appear much later in his company) <https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/6284> Norman Connections WWW site, Feb. 21, 2018 (William de Corbeil; Archbishop of Canterbury (1123-1136); architect of Rochester Castle Keep or Donjon; completed the construction of Canterbury Cathedral, which was dedicated in May 1130; born at Corbeil on the outskirts of Paris in 1070; died in Canterbury on 21 November 1136) <http://www.normanconnections.com/en/characters/famous-characters/william-de-corbeil/> |
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