Thomas de Cantilupe
Thomas de Cantilupe | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Hereford | |
Thomas de Cantilupe depicted in a now lost stained glass window in the Church of St James the Great, Snitterfield, Warwickshire. | |
| Installed | 1275 |
| Term ended | 1282 |
| Predecessor | John de Breton |
| Successor | Richard Swinefield |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 8 September 1275 by Robert Kilwardby, with co-consecrators being John Chishull and Walter de Merton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1218 |
| Died | 25 August 1282 (aged 63–64) Ferento, Montefiascone, Papal States |
| Buried | Hereford Cathedral |
| Denomination | Roman Catholicism |
| Sainthood | |
| Feast day | 25 August 2 October |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion |
| Title as Saint | Bishop |
| Canonized | 17 April 1320 by Pope John XXII |
| Attributes | mitre, holding a crosier |
| Shrines | Hereford Cathedral Downside Abbey |
| Lord Chancellor | |
| In office 1264–1265 | |
| Monarch | Henry III of England |
| Preceded by | John Chishull |
| Succeeded by | Ralph Sandwich |
Thomas de Cantilupe (c. 1218 – 25 August 1282; also spelled Cantelow, Cantelou, Canteloupe, Latinised to de Cantilupo) was Lord Chancellor of England and Bishop of Hereford. He was canonised in 1320 by Pope John XXII. He has been noted as "an inveterate enemy of the Jews", and his demands that they be expelled from England were cited in the evidence presented for his canonization.