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List of papal legates to England

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This is a list of papal legates sent by the Holy See to England. The legature was suppressed under Henry VIII, and restored under his daughter Mary.

  • 1070 - Hubert, signatory of the Accord of Winchester
  • 1095 - Walter of Albano
  • 1115-1120? - Anselm of St Saba
  • 1125 - John of Crema
  • 1126-1130 - William of Corbeil
  • 1132-1136 - William of Corbeil
  • 1138-1139 - Alberic of Ostia
  • 1139-1143 - Henry of Blois, Bishop of Winchester
  • 1149-1159 - Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury
  • 1190 - William Longchamp
  • 1213 - Niccolò de Romanis, Bishop of Tusculum
  • 1213-1216 - Pandulf Verraccio, later Bishop of Norwich (as legatus missus/nuncio)
  • 1216-1218 - Guala Bicchieri
  • 1218-1221 - Pandulf Verraccio, later Bishop of Norwich
  • 1237/1240 - Otto da Tonengo
  • 1265-1268 - Ottobuono Fieschi, later Pope Adrian V
  • 1518-1530 - Thomas Wolsey
  • 1536-1557 - Reginald Pole
  • 1557-1558 - William Petow
  • References

    List of papal legates to England Wikipedia


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