Roger Niger

Roger Niger
Roger Niger
Bishop of London
Elected	1228
Term ended	29 September 1241
Predecessor	Eustace of Fauconberg
Successor	Fulk Basset
Other post(s)	Archdeacon of Colchester
Orders
Consecration	10 June 1229
Personal details
Born	c. 1173; probably Maldon, Essex
Died	29 September 1241; London
Denomination	Catholic

Roger Niger (died 1241) was a thirteenth-century cleric who became Bishop of London. He is also known as Saint Roger of Beeleigh.

Life

A plan of Beeleigh Abbey in Essex, showing the location of the shrine that housed Saint Roger's heart

In 1192 Niger was named a canon of St Paul's Cathedral, London, and he held the prebend of Ealdland in the diocese of London. In 1218 he was promoted to Archdeacon of Colchester.^[1] He was elected Bishop of London in 1228, and was consecrated bishop on 10 June 1229.^[2]^[3]

Niger died on 29 September 1241^[2] or on 2 October 1241^[3] and during his burial in Old St Paul's Cathedral, there was an eclipse of the sun. There was a tomb memorial to him in the quire there.^[4] His heart was taken to Beeleigh Abbey near Maldon in Essex. Both sites became places of pilgrimage and he was referred to as a saint, although no formal canonisation has been located. He was, however, called a saint by at least one Pope. In 1391, Pope Boniface IX granted relaxation to penitents visiting and giving alms to Beeleigh Abbey on the anniversary of his death.^[5]

Citations

^ Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 1, St. Paul's, London: Archdeacons: Colchester
^ ^a ^b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 258
^ ^a ^b Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 1, St. Paul's, London: Bishops
^ "Memorials of St Paul's Cathedral" Sinclair, W. p93: London; Chapman & Hall, Ltd; 1909
^ Page and Round (ed.) "House of Premonstratensian Canons: Abbey of Beeleigh by Maldon" History of the County of Essex: Volume 2

References

Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
Greenway, Diana E. (1968). "Archdeacons: Colchester". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300. Vol. 1, St. Paul's, London. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 29 October 2007.
Greenway, Diana E. (1968). "Bishops". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300. Vol. 1, St. Paul's, London. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 29 October 2007.
Page, William; Round, J. Horace, eds. (1907). "House of Premonstratensian Canons: Abbey of Beeleigh by Maldon". A History of the County of Essex Volume 2. London: Victoria County History. Retrieved 18 March 2007.

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v t e Archdeacons of Colchester
High Medieval	Quintilian Cyprian son of Quintilian Geoffrey Ailward Henry of London William Richard Foliot I Ralph de Alta Ripa Richard of Ely Roger Niger Hugh of London Robert de Insula Hugh de Sancto Edmundo Fulke Lovell Giles Filliol
Late Medieval	Richard Newport John de Chishull William de Meleford William de Stowe Richard de Plessis Michael Northburgh (son) Richard de Piriton John de Carleton Thomas More Richard de Kingston William Spigurnell Henry Wodechurche Peter Hynewyk William Duffield John Stopyngton Robert Aiscough Nicholas Close John Thurston Robert Stillington Benedict Burgh Thomas Barow
Early modern	John Maynwaring John Perott Richard Pace John Clerk Edward Lee Robert Aldrich Richard Curwen Anthony Belasyse John Standish Hugh Weston John Standish (again) John Pullain James Calfhill George Withers Thomas Withers Henry King Josias Shute John Hansley William Wells Charles Smith William Sill William Beveridge Jonas Warley John King Thomas Cartwright Charles Moss William Powell Anthony Hamilton Joseph Jefferson Charles James Blomfield William Lyall Herbert Oakeley Charles Burney
Late modern	William Ady Alfred Blomfield, Bishop of Colchester Henry Johnson, Bishop of Colchester Robert Whitcombe, Bishop of Colchester Thomas Chapman, Bishop of Colchester Charles Ridsdale, Bishop of Colchester Dudley Narborough, Bishop of Colchester Aubrey Cleall Roderic Coote, Bishop of Colchester Derek Bond James Roxburgh Ernest Stroud Martin Wallace Annette Cooper Ruth Patten

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