Bernard, bishop of Sidon, died around the time of the siege of Askalon. Amalric, abbot of the regular canons of the Premonstratensian order in the monastery of St Habakkuk, or St Joseph of Arimatheia, was chosen to take his place. Since during the siege of Askalon nobody was allowed to go far from the besieged town, Amalric is said to have been consecrated as bishop in the church at Lydda