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About St. William of York
c. 1110 – 8 June 1154 · Feast June 8 · Bishop
English archbishop (c. 1110-1154), Anglo-Norman nobleman, treasurer of York, controversially elected Archbishop of York in 1141; deposed by Eugene III in 1147 over Cistercian opposition (St. Bernard among his accusers), reinstated in 1153. Died less than a month after returning to York, possibly poisoned. Canonized 1227 by Honorius III.
St. William of York is the patron saint of York, Victims of Injustice and Adopted Children.
