Deaths on August 25

Thomas de Cantilupe

Died on August 25, 1282

Thomas de Cantilupe, English bishop and saint (b. 1218)

Thomas de Cantilupe (c. 1218 – 25 August 1282; also spelled Cantelow, Cantelou, Canteloupe, Latinised to de Cantilupo) was Lord Chancellor of England and Bishop of Hereford. He was canonised in 1320 by Pope John XXII.

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Events on 1282

30 Mar

Sicilian Vespers
The people of Sicily rebel against the Angevin king Charles I, in what becomes known as the Sicilian Vespers.
30 Aug

War of the Sicilian Vespers
Peter III of Aragon lands at Trapani to intervene in the War of the Sicilian Vespers.