Bernard Gilpin
English theologian · Academics · Lived 1517 to 1583 · aged 66
Bernard Gilpin, was an Oxford theologian and then an influential clergyman in the emerging Church of England spanning the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Jane, Mary and Elizabeth I. He was known as the 'Apostle of the North' for his work in the wilds of northern England.
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Mid seventeenth century portrait of Bernard Gilpin, the property of his family[1]
Memorial of 1901 by the Keswick School of Industrial Art in St. Cuthbert's Church, Kentmere
Kentmere Hall, birthplace and childhood home of Bernard Gilpin.
Bernard Gilpin Making Peace among the Borders, Takes Down the Glove in Rothbury Church, by William Bell Scott, 1859
Bernard Gilpin window in Durham Cathedral, EnglandAbout this person
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1517 to 1583 · aged 66
