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John of Fountains

13th-century Bishop of Ely

Field	Value
name	John of Fountains
religion	Catholic
title	Bishop of Ely
elected	c. 24 January 1220
consecration	8 March 1220
consecrated_by	Stephen Langton
predecessor	Robert of York
successor	Geoffrey de Burgo
other_post	Abbot of Fountains
death_date	6 May 1225
buried	Ely Cathedral

John of Fountains (died 6 May 1225) was a medieval Bishop of Ely.

Life

John was abbot of Fountains Abbey by 13 December 1211, when he was blessed at Melrose by the bishop of Down. Nothing is known of his family or background before this event. While abbot, he continued the building of the abbey's church, and Pope Honorius III named him to a commission with Stephen Langton the Archbishop of Canterbury and William de Cornhill the Bishop of Coventry to investigate the possible canonization of Hugh of Lincoln.

John was elected to the see of Ely about 24 January 1220. He was consecrated bishop on 8 March 1220 at London by Langton. He owed his election to the papal legate Pandulf Verraccio. While bishop, the pope once more named him to a canonization commission, this time in 1223 for William of York. He was rarely involved in political matters, but did go to France on a diplomatic mission in 1223.

John died on 6 May 1225.

Citations

References

Smith, et al. ''Heads of Religious Houses II'' p. 279
Owen "Fountains, John of" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''
Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 244
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Vincent ''Peter des Roches'' p. 166
He was buried in Ely Cathedral, at first near the altar of St. Andrew, but after a rebuilding effort by [[Hugh of Northwold]] he was reinterred near the high altar. His tomb was described as "in the pavement".Sayers "Once 'Proud Prelate'" ''Journal of the British Archaeological Association'' p. 77

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