This article is about the 13th-century bishop. For the 15th-century monk of Canterbury, see John Stone's Chronicle.
"John of Poitiers" redirects here. For the 15th-century nobleman, see Jean de Poitiers.
John of Canterbury (died 1204)[a] was Bishop of Poitiers 1162 to 1181 and subsequently Archbishop of Lyon 1181 to 1193. He became a "cosmopolitan and much-respected churchman".[2]
Though John was elected Archbishop of Narbonne, he did not take up that see since the election was superseded by his being elected to Lyon, which he accepted.[5] At Lyon, he banned preaching by the Waldensians.[6]
John later resigned the see of Lyon to become a monk at the CistercianClairvaux Abbey, where he lived out the rest of his life.[7] In his retirement, he received an important papal letter, Cum Marthae circa, dated 29 November 1202.
^Known also as Jean de Bellème,[1] John of Poitiers, John of Belmeis, Jean de Belmeia, Jean aux Belles-Mains, Jean des Bellesmains and Jean de Bellesmes.
