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John Langton

Chancellor of England and Bishop of Chichester
Person human Q6244013

Facts

11 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
1300
Date of death
July 19, 1337
Occupation
Catholic priest, judge, Catholic bishop, beamter, bishop
Position held
Roman Catholic Bishop of Chichester, Master of the Rolls[8][9]
Religion or worldview
Catholic Church[10]
Consecrator
Robert Winchelsey[15]
Described by source
Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13][14]
Different from
John Langton[16]
Given name
John[12]
🏷️ Also known as
en John Langton ja ジョン・ラントン
🔖 Identifiers · 8
VIAF cluster ID
3100156374130307710009
GND ID
1190553457
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp02254201
Catholic Hierarchy person ID
langtoj
Europeana entity
agent/base/151465
Freebase ID
/m/04250n
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
16040
Prabook ID
2231028

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Summary

John Langton was born on 1300[1]. He died on July 19, 1337[2]. He worked as a Catholic priest[3], judge[4], Catholic bishop[5], Beamter[6], and bishop[7].

FAQs

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John Langton worked as a Catholic priest[3], judge[4], Catholic bishop[5], Beamter[6], and bishop[7].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [11] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · Rouletteer · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 3
    Position held → Roman Catholic Bishop of Chichester, Master of the Rolls
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'de', 'en']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Position held: Master of the Rolls"
  2. 6w ago · Bob08 · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → John Langton
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Different from: John Langton"
  3. 23w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → Catholic priest, judge, Catholic bishop +2
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32119|batch #32119]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (32)"
  4. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Freebase ID → /m/04250n
    Date of death → +1337-07-19T00:00:00Z
    Instance of → human
    Catholic Hierarchy person ID → langtoj
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30851|batch #30851]]: match CERL IDs on the basis of GND (7)"
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