Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Gilbert Foliot

Gilbert Foliot
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 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/March 6, 2014 by BencherliteTalk 21:55, 12 February 2014‎ (UTC)



Gilbert Foliot (c. 1110 – 1187) was a medieval English monk and prelate, successively Abbot of Gloucester, Bishop of Hereford (Hereford Cathedral pictured) and Bishop of London. He became a monk at Cluny Abbey and was appointed Abbot of Gloucester in 1139. During the papal council at Reims in 1148, he was appointed Bishop of Hereford by Pope Eugene III. Despite promising not to recognise King Stephen, on returning to England Foliot nevertheless swore fealty to him, causing a temporary rift in his relationship with Henry of Anjou, the son of the Empress Matilda (Stephen's rival for the crown) who became King Henry II of England in 1154. Henry passed over Foliot for the position of Archbishop of Canterbury in 1162, appointing Thomas Becket instead. Foliot became Bishop of London in 1163, perhaps as compensation. During the great dispute between Becket and the king, Foliot took the king's side and was reviled by Becket and his supporters. Becket excommunicated Foliot on two occasions, the second of which precipitated the archbishop's martyrdom. Foliot often served as a royal judge, and was an active administrator and bishop. He was also a prolific letter writer. Two or more years since promotion-2 points, Date relevant-1 point, Total allocation- 3 points. QatarStarsLeague (talk) 17:03, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Support - Always happy to see one of the Lord's shepherds being celebrated...coincidentally, I happened to read this article last week while looking up articles connected to another Medieval English bishop. I'll have to take a look for anything that should be fixed beforehand, but this article is in rather good shape.--ColonelHenry (talk) 17:31, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
 * NOTE: Blurb, as proposed, is 191 words, 1,177 characters with spaces.--ColonelHenry (talk) 17:32, 5 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Support. FA from 2009. Looked it over and it's quite meticulously sourced. Excellent quality improvement efforts by and . Educational and encyclopedic. Cheers, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 17:55, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Support Usual quality here. Assuming we haven't had a medieval cleric for a while, which the nom should really cover. Date relevance of 6 March 1163, 851st anniversary of a new job, well, ho hum. Johnbod (talk) 18:12, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Support per Cirt, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:36, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Support per all above. Ceoil (talk) 19:30, 9 February 2014 (UTC)