Serlo (abbot of Cirencester)
Serlo (died c. 1148) was a medieval abbot of Cirencester Abbey in England as well as Dean of Salisbury.
Serlo was a
Prior to becoming abbot he was
Serlo was appointed as abbot of the Augustinian house of Cirencester in 1131,[1] which had been refounded in 1117 by King Henry I of England. Serlo was the first abbot of the newly refounded house. While abbot, Serlo secured the grant of the lands of Regenbald, a chaplain of King Edward the Confessor, to his abbey in 1133. The grant may possibly have been partly because of the efforts of Roger of Salisbury, who had a life interest in Regenbald's properties.[2] He died on 30 January, in either 1147, 1148 or 1149.[1] His death was remembered at Salisbury on 30 January, where he was listed as "Serlo decanus Sarum et postea abbas Cirencestriae", or "Serlo, dean of Salisbury and afterwards abbot of Cirencester".[3] It is not clear if Roger of Salisbury acted as a patron to Serlo's career, but the historian A. F. Wareham thinks this is likely.[2]
Citations
References
- Greenway, Diana E. (1991). "Deans". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066โ1300. Vol. 4: Salisbury. London: Institute of Historical Research.
- ISBN 0-521-80452-3.
- Wareham, A. F. (2004). "Serlo (d. 1147x9)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. required)