Giles of Bridport
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| name =Giles of Bridport
| image = Salisburycathedralgilesdebridporttomb.jpg
| caption = Giles' tomb in Salisbury Cathedral
| religion =Catholic
| title = Bishop of Salisbury
| elected = between 13 February and 15 April 1256
| ended = December 1262
| predecessor = William de York
| successor =Walter de la Wyle
| ordination =
| consecration = 11 March 1257
| other_post =Dean of Wells
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| death_date =December 1262
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Giles of Bridport was a medieval Bishop of Salisbury.
Giles was archdeacon of Berkshire in the diocese of Salisbury as well as Dean of Wells[http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=34219 British History Online Bishops of Salisbury] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719101704/http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=34219 |date=19 July 2011 }} accessed on 30 October 2007 before he was elected bishop between 13 February and 15 April 1256 and consecrated on 11 March 1257. He died in December 1262, probably on the 13th.Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 270 He founded the College of the Valley Scholars at Salisbury in 1262 and may have been the brother of Simon of Bridport, who was treasurer of the diocese of Salisbury. He is commemorated by a statue in niche 169 on the west front of Salisbury Cathedral.
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References
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110719101704/http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=34219 British History Online Bishops of Salisbury] accessed on 30 October 2007
- {{cite book |author1=Fryde, E. B. |author2=Greenway, D. E. |author3=Porter, S. |author4=Roy, I. |title=Handbook of British Chronology|edition=Third revised |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |year=1996 |isbn=0-521-56350-X }}
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Category:Archdeacons of Berkshire
Category:13th-century English Roman Catholic bishops
Category:Year of birth unknown
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