CALL FOR ROBERT GROSSETESTE TO BE MADE A SAINT
News release 2nd May 2012A Lincoln academic has written to the Vatican asking the Pope to canonise Robert Grosseteste, the 13th-century Bishop of Lincoln. Dr Jack Cunningham, a theology lecturer at Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln, says Grosseteste was a philosopher and intellectual who deserves to be made a saint – but for political reasons his reputation was unfairly damaged and he was never canonised. Dr Cunningham’s book – Robert Grosseteste: His Thought and Its Impact – will be launched this weekend, and the author aims to use the event to rally support for his