Fitz Jocelyn, Reginald

Reginald Fitz Jocelyn was the son of the , his mother allegedly belonged to the Savoy dynasty - the Counts of Maurienne . Born around 1140 and raised in Italy, he is sometimes called Reginald Italus or Reginald Lombardus. By 1161, his father appointed him archdeacon of Wiltshire , presumably in 1162, he was surrounded by the archbishop of Canerbury, Thomas Becket . In 1163-1164 he studied philology in Paris , where he arrived with letters of recommendation of Pope Alexander III and gained the support of King Louis VII ^[1] .

Not having received a scientific degree, Reginald returned to England and since about 1167 he was under King Henry II . During the life of Thomas Becket and after his murder, he represented the king several times in negotiations with the Roman curia . In 1173, with the support of Henry II, he became the among the "four enemies of the Martyr" raised after Becket to his episcopal dignity with the assistance of the king ^[2] . Heinrich Young , son of the king, challenged this election in Rome, as did Richard Dover’s election to the Department of Canterbury, but Reginald managed to justify himself (according to some researchers, by bribing the Pope) ^[3] . The episcopal ordination took place on June 23, 1174, and the enthronement took place on November 24, 1174 in Bath .

Reginald established himself as a decisive opponent of the project of the Bishop of Canterbury Baldwin Ford , who tried to establish the Church of St. Stephen and Thomas the Martyr as a counterbalance to the Cathedral of Canterbury , so after the death of Baldwin on November 19, 1190, the Canterbury monks on November 27, 1191 chose Reginald on a quest for a campaign on a campaign on the November 19, 1190, when the Canterbury monks on November 27, 1191 chose Reginald, after declaring a campaign on a church, on the November 19, 1190, the Church of St. Bishops ^[4] . Justiciar challenged the election, and on December 24, 1191, before the appeal procedure was completed, Reginald suffered paralysis during a trip to ( Hampshire ), and on December 26, 1191, he died. He was buried on the Day of Thomas of Canterbury, December 29, 1191, at Bath Abbey ^[1] .

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