Gervase of Chichester

Gervase of Chichester (died c. 1197) was an English clergyman and writer active in the late 12th century.

[3] The king and Becket arranged for Gervase's appointment to two churches – Basing and Shelbourne in Berkshire – by Robert de Torigni, the abbot of Mont St Michel.

These sermons were delivered at Chichester and compared Becket to two biblical figures – Phineas and Abel.

Richard Sharpe considers it doubtful that the commentary Leland saw was authored by Gervase of Chichester.

[5] The two further works follow the homilies in the one extant manuscript – one on Ezekiel and one on the birth of John the Baptist, may have been written by Gervase, but this is not certain.