Thomas de Cantilupe
| Thomas de Cantilupe | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Hereford | |
| Installed | 1275 |
| Term ended | 1282 |
| Predecessor | John de Breton |
| Successor | Richard Swinefield |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
c. 1218 Hambleden, Buckinghamshire, England |
| Died | 25 August 1282 (aged 63–64) Ferento, Montefiascone, Papal States (now Italy) |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Coat of arms |  |
| Sainthood | |
| Feast day | 25 August, 2 October |
| Title as Saint | Thomas of Hereford |
| Canonized | 17 April 1320 by Pope John XXII |
| Attributes | dressed as a bishop |
| Shrines | Hereford Cathedral |
Thomas de Cantilupe (c. 1218 – 25 August 1282) (anciently Cantelow, Cantelou, Canteloupe, etc, Latinised to de Cantilupo) was an English saint and prelate.
Thomas de Cantilupe was a son of William de Cantilupe, the 2nd baron (d. 1251), one of King John's ministers, and a nephew of Walter de Cantilupe, Bishop of Worcester (d. 1266). He was born at Hambleden in Buckinghamshire and was educated in Paris and Orléans.
Cantilupe became a teacher of canon law at Oxford and Chancellor of the University in 1261.
During the Barons' War, Cantilupe favoured Simon de Montfort and the baronial party. He represented the barons before St Louis of France at Amiens in 1264.
He was made Lord Chancellor of England on 25 February 1264, when Archdeacon of Stafford but was deprived of the chancellor's office after Montfort's death at Evesham, and lived out of England for some time. Returning to England, he was again Chancellor of Oxford University, lectured on theology, and held several ecclesiastical appointments.
In 1274, he attended the Second Council of Lyons, and about 14 June 1275 he was appointed Bishop of Hereford and was consecrated on 8 September 1275.
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