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RALPH (d. 1122)

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RALPH (d. 1122) , See also:archbishop of See also:Canterbury, called Ralph de See also:Turbine, or Ralph d'Escures from his See also:father's See also:estate of Escures, near Seez in See also:Normandy, entered the See also:abbey of St See also:Martin at Seez in 1079, and ten years later became See also:abbot of this See also:house. Soon afterwards he paid a visit to See also:England, where his See also:half-See also:brother, Seffrid Pelochin, was See also:bishop of See also:Chichester, and in 1100 he took See also:refuge in England from the violence of See also:Robert of See also:Belesme, passing some See also:time with his See also:friends St See also:Anselm and Gundulf. In See also:March rio8 he succeeded Gundulf as bishop of See also:Rochester. After Anselm's See also:death in See also:April 1109 Ralph acted as See also:administrator of the see of Canterbury until April 1114, when he himself was chosen archbishop at See also:Windsor. In this capacity he was very assertive of the rights of the archbishop of Canter- See also:bury and of the liberties of the See also:English See also:church. He claimed authority in See also:Wales and See also:Scotland, and he refused to consecrate See also:Thurstan as archbishop of See also:York because the latter See also:prelate declined to profess obedience to the archbishop of Canterbury. This step involved him in a See also:quarrel with the Papacy, and he visited See also:Rome, but was unable to obtain an interview with See also:pope See also:Paschal IL, who had See also:left the See also:city. In spite of See also:peremptory orders from Paschal's successors, See also:Gelasius II. and See also:Calixtus II., the archbishop still refused to consecrate Thurstan, and the dispute was unsettled when he died on the loth of See also:October 1122.

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