Walcher, Bishop of Durham

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Walcher, Bishop of Durham, was an 11th-century Norman churchman and reforming bishop who became one of the first prince-bishops of Durham, wielding both ecclesiastical and secular authority in northern England.

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Walcher, Bishop of Durham canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Norman churchman ⓘ
bishop ⓘ
activeIn northern England ⓘ
appointedAsBishopOfDurhamBy William I of England ⓘ
appointedDuringReignOf William the Conqueror ⓘ
associatedWithBuilding Durham Cathedral (early phase of community preceding Norman rebuilding) ⓘ
linked to: Durham Cathedral
causeOfDeath mob violence ⓘ
conflict Northumbrian unrest after the Norman Conquest ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Duchy of Normandy ⓘ
deathDate 14 May 1080 ⓘ
deathPlace Gateshead ⓘ
endTime 1080 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Norman ⓘ
exercisedPowerType episcopal authority ⓘ
secular lordship ⓘ
givenName Walcher ⓘ
governedFrom Durham ⓘ
heldEcclesiasticalAuthorityIn Diocese of Durham ⓘ
heldSecularAuthorityIn County of Durham ⓘ
linked to: County Durham
heldTitle Prince-Bishop of Durham ⓘ
linked to: Bishop of Durham
jurisdiction County Palatine of Durham ⓘ
linked to: Durham Palatinate
knownFor being one of the first prince-bishops of Durham ⓘ
church reform ⓘ
combining ecclesiastical and secular authority in northern England ⓘ
languageOfAdministration Latin ⓘ
mannerOfDeath killed ⓘ
lynched ⓘ
notableEvent murder at a council in Gateshead in 1080 ⓘ
officeContestedBy Northumbrian rebels ⓘ
partOf Norman episcopate in England ⓘ
placeOfBurial Durham Cathedral ⓘ
positionHeld Bishop of Durham ⓘ
posthumousConsequence royal intervention in Durham ⓘ
strengthening of Norman control in the north ⓘ
predecessor Æthelwine, Bishop of Durham ⓘ
reasonForKilling resentment over his rule and his officials ⓘ
regionOfInfluence Northumbria ⓘ
religion Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Christianity ⓘ
startTime 1071 ⓘ
successor William de St-Calais ⓘ
timePeriod 11th century ⓘ

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William of St-Calais → predecessor → Walcher, Bishop of Durham ⓘ
subject linked to: Bishop William of St-Calais
Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria → successor → Walcher, Bishop of Durham ⓘ