# Richard of Dover

> Richard was a medieval Benedictine monk and Archbishop of Canterbury. Employed by Thomas Becket immediately before Becket's death, Richard arranged for Becket to be buried in Canterbury Cathedral and eventually succeeded Becket at Canterbury in a contentious election. Much of Richard's time as archbishop was spent in a dispute with Roger de Pont L'Evêque, the Archbishop of York over the primacy of England, and with St Augustine's Abbey in Canterbury over the archbishop's jurisdiction over the abbey. Richard had better relations with King Henry II of England than Becket had and was employed by the king on diplomatic affairs. Richard also had the trust of the papacy and served as a judge for it. Several of his questions to Pope Alexander III were collected into the Decretals, a collection of ecclesiastical laws, and his patronage of canon lawyers did much to advance the study of canon law in England.

*Benedictine monk and Archbishop of Canterbury*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Country:** France
- **Born:** 1101
- **Died:** 1184-02-16
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 40.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.9 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 7.0 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 5.2 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 45.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 55.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Ричард Дуврский](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%94%D1%83%D0%B2%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9)
- [ريتشارد دوفر](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%81%D8%B1)
- [Richard de Dover](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_de_Dover)
- [Richard of Dover](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_of_Dover)
- [Richard of Dover](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_of_Dover)
- [Richard de Dover](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_de_Dover)
- [Richard Doverilainen](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Doverilainen)
- [Riccardo di Dover](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riccardo_di_Dover)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6770782)

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