Geoffrey (c. 1152 – 1212) was an illegitimate son of King Henry II of England who became Bishop of Lincoln and Archbishop of York. Geoffrey held some minor clerical offices before becoming bishop in 1173, and was ordained a priest in 1189. In 1173–74 he led a campaign in northern England to help put down a rebellion by his legitimate half-brothers, capturing William the Lion, the King of the Scots. After Pope Lucius III ordered him to resign Lincoln or be consecrated, Geoffrey resigned and became Chancellor. After succeeding to the throne, Richard I of England, his half-brother, nominated him Archbishop of York, probably to eliminate a potential rival. He was consecrated in France in 1191, and was briefly imprisoned in Dover Castle on his return during a dispute with William Longchamp, Richard's regent in England. Geoffrey spent much of his time as archbishop in various disputes with Richard and John, Richard's successor and another half-brother. Geoffrey also quarrelled with his suffragan bishops, his cathedral chapter, and other clergy in his diocese. In 1207, he was forced into exile in France by John, and died there five years later.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

627:

A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeated Emperor Khosrau II's Persian forces, commanded by General Rhahzadh, near present-day Mosul, Iraq. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Nineveh_(627)

1531:

According to traditional Catholic accounts, the image of the Blessed Virgin Mary miraculously appeared imprinted on Juan Diego's tilma. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Guadalupe

1939:

The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Duchess collided with the battleship HMS Barham she was escorting and sank with heavy loss of life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Duchess_(H64)

1964:

Jomo Kenyatta became the first President of the Republic of Kenya. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jomo_Kenyatta

2000:

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Bush v. Gore that the election recount of the ballots cast in Florida for the presidential election must stop, effectively making George W. Bush the winner. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_v._Gore

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

svelte: 1. Attractively thin; gracefully slender. 2. Refined, delicate. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/svelte

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Little boldness is needed to assail the opinions and practices of notoriously wicked men; but to rebuke great and good men for their conduct, and to impeach their discernment, is the highest effort of moral courage. The great mass of mankind shun the labor and responsibility of forming opinions for themselves.   --William Lloyd Garrison https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Lloyd_Garrison