biography
pronunciation:
[peekok]
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.1395–c.1460)
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| biography:
| Theologian and writer, born in Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, SW Wales, UK. A fellow of Oxford, he was ordained (1421), became Bishop of St Asaph (1444–50), and Bishop of Chichester (1450–58). Involved in several theological controversies of the day, he compiled many treatises in English. In 1457 he was denounced for having written in English, and for making reason paramount to the authority of the old doctors. Condemned as a heretic, he chose to recant, and was deprived of his office. |
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