Uncanonical election of Radulf of Domfort as patriarch of Antioch rejected by other bishops

Summary:
Radulf of Domfront was chosen as Patriarch of Antioch only by the people, without his fellow bishops. They refused him obedience, but were afraid of the mob and dispersed, so that he could take over church, palace and even the pallium (without reference to Rome) 
Dates:
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Radulf of Domfront, Latin patriarch of Antioch (Radulf 4001)
  • Was chosen as Patriarch of Antioch only by the people, without his fellow bishops; they refused him obedience, but were afraid of the mob and dispersed, so that he could take over church, palace and pallium (without reference to Rome) (: ) William of Tyre bk. 14, 10.13-22