About Robert Blyth
Lived 1470 – 1547 (aged 76–77). Robert Blyth was an English catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Robert Blyth, OSB (b Norton, Derbyshire 1470 - d Cambridge 1547) was a Bishop of Down and Connor in the first half of the sixteenth century.
Also the Abbot of Thorney Abbey, he was first appointed on 16 April 1520; but accepted royal supremacy in 1539. He was deposed by Pope Paul III. Blyth also acted as a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Ely from 1539 to 1541.
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Who was Robert Blyth?
Bishop of Down and Connor
When was Robert Blyth born?
Robert Blyth was born in 1470.
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Robert Blyth died in 1547 in Cambridge.
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Robert Blyth was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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Robert Blyth was English.
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