Simon of Ghent

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Simon of Ghent

Denomination	Catholic
Senior posting
See	Diocese of Salisbury
Title	Bishop of Salisbury
Period in office	1297–1315
Predecessor	Nicholas Longespee
Successor	Roger Martival
Religious career
Previous post	Archdeacon of Oxford
Personal
Date of death	April 2, 1315

Simon of Ghent (or Simon de Gandavo) was a medieval Bishop of Salisbury.

Contents 1 Life 2 See also 3 Notes 4 References

[edit] Life

He was a prebendary of the diocese of Salisbury and Chancellor of Oxford University, as well as Archdeacon of Oxford.^[1]

He was elected bishop on June 2, 1297 and consecrated on October 20, 1297 at Canterbury^[2] He died April 2, 1315.^[3]

[edit] See also

• List of bishops of Salisbury

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• British History Online Archdeacons of Oxford accessed on October 30, 2007
• British History Online Bishops of Salisbury accessed on October 30, 2007
• Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde Handbook of British Chronology 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961

Religious titles
Preceded by Nicholas Longespee	Bishop of Salisbury 1297–1315	Succeeded by Roger Martival
Academic offices
Preceded by John of Monmouth	Chancellor of the University of Oxford 1291–1293	Succeeded by Henry Swayne

Persondata
NAME	Simon of Ghent
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Gandavo, Simon de
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Bishop of Salisbury; Chancellor of Oxford University
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH	April 2, 1315
PLACE OF DEATH