Ralph d'Escures

Ralph ( Raoul French ) OSB († October 20, 1122 ) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1114 to 1122. He was called Ralph de turbine or Ralph d' Escures, after Escures, a possession of his father in Sées in Normandy.

He joined in 1079 in the Benedictine Abbey of St. Martin in Sées one and ten years later the Dept. A short time later, he traveled to England, where his half-brother Seifrid Pelochim was Bishop of Chichester. In 1100 he had to flee to England, where he is now some time with Archbishop Anselm of Canterbury and Gundulf, the Bishop of Rochester spent, before the violence of Robert Bellêmes. In March 1108 he followed Gundulf in his office, and was named after Anselm's death in April 1109 as administrator of the Archdiocese of Canterbury and elected in April 1114 to Anselm's successor as archbishop.

His policy was oriented strongly in the rights of the Archdiocese and the Church of England. He claimed sovereignty over Wales and Scotland, and refused Thurstan, the newly elected Archbishop of York, the consecration, as it refused to submit to the Archbishop of Canterbury. This step led to a confrontation with the Pope and a trip to Rome, but not to an interview with Paschal II, who had left the city. Contrary to the resolute command of Paschal II Gelasius successors and Calixtus II, he still refused to consecrate Thurstan. The dispute was not finished when Ralph died on 20 October 1122.