Elected 13 December 1214 Successor Henry Sandford Denomination Catholic Predecessor Gilbert Glanvill | Name Benedict Sausetun Consecration February 22, 1215 Died December 18, 1226 Term ended December 18, 1226 | |
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Benedict of Sausetun (or Benedict of Sawston) was a medieval Bishop of Rochester.
Life
Benedict was from Sawston in Cambridgeshire. He was a canon of the diocese of London from 1196 and held the prebend of Neseden. From 1204 he was precentor of St Paul's, London. He was elected to the see of Rochester on 13 December 1214 and was consecrated on either 25 January 1215 or 22 February 1215. At some point between 1217 and 1221 he served as a baron of the exchequer. He died on 18 December 1226 and was buried on 21 December 1226.
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