John of Canterbury

John of Canterbury (died 1204)[a] was Bishop of Poitiers 1162 to 1181 and subsequently Archbishop of Lyon 1181 to 1193.

At the wish of Henry II of England, he was made Bishop of Poitiers, and consecrated at the Council of Tours in 1163.

[4] He was a close supporter of Thomas Becket in his quarrel with Henry II.

[6] John later resigned the see of Lyon to become a monk at the Cistercian Clairvaux Abbey, where he lived out the rest of his life.

[7] In his retirement, he received an important papal letter, Cum Marthae circa, dated 29 November 1202.