About John Gervais
Lived 1200 – 1268. John Gervais was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
John Gervais was a medieval Bishop of Winchester.
Life
Gervais was a clerk of the diocese of Exeter and educated in physical sciences. He held the prebends of Fenton and Warthill in the diocese of York before becoming chancellor of the diocese of York. He made a trip to Rome on business about the election of Archbishop Sewal de Bovil to York and became a papal chaplain under Pope Alexander IV. In 1260 he was named Bishop of Carlisle by Archbishop Godfrey Ludham of York, but the election was not effective.
Gervais was nominated to the see of Winchester on 22 June 1262 by papal provision and probably consecrated on 10 September 1262. He was enthroned in Winchester Cathedral about Christmas, 1262.
Gervais died on 19 or 20 January 1268.
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Bishop of Winchester
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John Gervais was born in 1200 in Exeter.
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John Gervais died on 20 January 1268.
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John Gervais was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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