John of Salisbury

American  

noun

1. c1115–80, English prelate and scholar.

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John of Salisbury British  

noun

1. died 1180, English ecclesiastic and scholar; bishop of Chartres (1176–80). He supported Thomas à Becket against Henry II

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Example Sentences

John of Salisbury, the 12th Century Bishop of Chartres, demanded to know in 1160 in his opposition to Emperor Frederik I.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2016

Fitznigel has no more idea of ecclesiastical liberty than John of Salisbury of political.

From The History of Freedom by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron

John of Salisbury, Girald the Cambrian, and the monk Adelard, and Robert of Reading were all religious leaders.

From The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 11, November, 1880 by Walker, Aaron

There is, indeed, in the beginning of a passage from a famous scholar, John of Salisbury, an apparent exception to this strange indifference; but a few clauses correct the hasty judgment.

From Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature by McLaughlin, Edward Tompkins

In the latter part of the next century, John of Salisbury, so famous in the great struggle between Henry and Thomas, held the Bishopric of Chartres.

From Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine by Hutton, William Holden