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Prior (ecclesiastical)

ecclesiastical title for a monastic superior

9 dated entries naming Prior (ecclesiastical), drawn from 9 separate years between 1063 CE and 1605 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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11th century

  • 1063Anselm, later to become archbishop of Canterbury, becomes prior at the Abbey of Bec (approximate date).source

12th century

  • 1107Anthelm of Belley, French prior and bishop (d. 1178)source
  • 1124June 24 – Nicholas of Worcester, prior of the Benedictine priory of Worcester Cathedralsource
  • 1172Hugh of Fouilloy, French prior and writersource
  • 1178Anthelm of Belley, French prior and bishop (b. 1107)source

13th century

  • 1257June 8 – Simon of Elmham, English prior and bishop-electsource
  • 1274August 4 – Robert Stitchill (or Stichel), English prior and bishopsource
  • 1286June 16 – Hugh de Balsham, English sub-prior and bishopsource

17th century

  • 1605The Priory of St. Gregory's is founded at Douai, Flanders, at this time in the Spanish Netherlands, by its first prior, John Roberts, and other exiles, thus becoming the first English Benedictine house to renew conventual life after the English Reformation. More than two centuries later the community will establish Downside Abbey back in England.source

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