Robert, Bishop of Lydda and Ramla
Robert of Rouen (died before 1112) was the first bishop of Lydda and Ramla from 1099.
Bishop
Born in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rouen, Robert was a Norman cleric who joined the First Crusade.{{sfn|Murray|2000|p=226}}{{sfn|Asbridge|2004|p=297}} The crusaders took possession of Ramla without fight on 30 June 1099, because the Muslim garrison had left it.{{sfn|Asbridge|2004|p=297}} The nearby Church of Saint George was an important shrine at Lydda and the crusaders decided to establish a Roman Catholic bishopric in the town.{{sfn|Barber|2012|p=15}} The crusader leaders appointed Robert as the first bishop of the new diocese.{{sfn|Mayer|1985|p=538}} They also granted Ramla, Lydda and the nearby villages to the bishopric.{{sfn|Mayer|1985|p=538}}
Being the only Roman Catholic bishop in Palestine, Robert consecrated Daimbert of Pisa as the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem on Christmas Day in 1099.{{sfn|Murray|2000|p=227}}{{sfn|Barber|2012|p=57}}
Robert died before 1112 when his successor, Roger is first mentioned in a charter.{{sfn|Murray|2000|p=227}}
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Sources
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- {{cite book |last=Asbridge |first=Thomas |authorlink=Thomas Asbridge |year=2004 |title=The First Crusade: A New History |publisher=Simon&Schuster |isbn=978-0-7432-2084-2 }}
- {{cite book |last=Barber |first=Malcolm |year=2012 |title=The Crusader States |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-11312-9 }}
- {{cite journal |last=Mayer |first=Hans Eberhard |author-link=Hans Eberhard Mayer |title=The Origins of the Lordships of Ramla and Lydda in the Kingdom of Jerusalem |journal=Speculum |volume=60 |issue=3 |pages=537–552 |year=1985 |doi=10.2307/2848174 |jstor=2848174 |s2cid=162263129 |issn=0038-7134 }}
- {{cite book |last=Murray |first=Alan V. |year=2000 |title=The Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: A Dynastic History, 1099–1125 |publisher=Prosopographica et Geneologica |isbn=978-1-9009-3403-9 }}
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Category:12th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Kingdom of Jerusalem
Category:Roman Catholic Diocese of Lydda and Ramla