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John of Salisbury c.1115-80
English prelate and scholar
Born in Salisbury, he studied at Paris, under Abelard. He was a clerk to Pope Eugenius III and to Archbishop Theobald at Canterbury, but fell into disfavour with Henry II and retired to Rheims. He returned to England and witnessed Thomas ŕ Becket's murder at Canterbury (1170). In 1176 he became Bishop of Chartres. A learned classical writer, he wrote biographies of Becket and Anselm, Polycraticus on Church and State diplomacy, Metalogicon, and Entheticus, Historia Pontificalis on logic and Aristotelian philosophy.
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