Robert, Bishop of Lydda and Ramla
Robert of Rouen (died before 1112) was the first bishop of Lydda and Ramla from 1099.
Bishop[edit]
Born in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rouen, Robert was a Norman cleric who joined the First Crusade.[1][2] The crusaders took possession of Ramla without fight on 30 June 1099, because the Muslim garrison had left it.[2] The nearby Church of Saint George was an important shrine at Lydda and the crusaders decided to establish a Roman Catholic bishopric in the town.[3] The crusader leaders appointed Robert as the first bishop of the new diocese.[4] They also granted Ramla, Lydda and the nearby villages to the bishopric.[4]
Being the only Roman Catholic bishop in Palestine, Robert consecrated Daimbert of Pisa as the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem on Christmas Day in 1099.[5][6]
Robert died before 1112 when his successor, Roger is first mentioned in a charter.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ Murray 2000, p. 226.
- ^ a b Asbridge 2004, p. 297.
- ^ Barber 2012, p. 15.
- ^ a b Mayer 1985, p. 538.
- ^ a b Murray 2000, p. 227.
- ^ Barber 2012, p. 57.
Sources[edit]
- Asbridge, Thomas (2004). The First Crusade: A New History. Simon&Schuster. ISBN 978-0-7432-2084-2.
- Barber, Malcolm (2012). The Crusader States. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-11312-9.
- Mayer, Hans Eberhard (1985). "The Origins of the Lordships of Ramla and Lydda in the Kingdom of Jerusalem". Speculum. 60 (3): 537–552. doi:10.2307/2848174. ISSN 0038-7134. JSTOR 2848174. S2CID 162263129.
- Murray, Alan V. (2000). The Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: A Dynastic History, 1099–1125. Prosopographica et Geneologica. ISBN 978-1-9009-3403-9.
