Hallum, Robert

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HALLUM, ROBERT

Bishop; b. Warrington, Lancashire, 136270; d. Gottlieben Castle (near Constance), Sept. 4, 1417. Educated at Oxford, he had received his doctorate in Canon Law by 1403, when he became chancellor of the university. In 1407, he was consecrated bishop of Salisbury by Gregory XII in Rome. He attended the Council of pisa (1409). Antipope john xxiii created him cardinal, but Hallum declined when Henry IV objected. Hallum served as president of the English nation at the Council of constance where he worked closely with the Emperor sigismund to effect Church unity and reform. He was influential in obtaining John XXIII's suspension and served on a committee investigating charges brought against the deposed antipope benedict xiii. He was buried in the cathedral at Constance.

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