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Bishop Benoit of Damascus

Bishop Benoit of Damascus (18 May 1159-) was a bishop of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

Biography[]

Benoit was born to the House of Monreal, a dynasty of Catholic French, on 18 May 1159. Benoit was granted the Bishopric of Damascus on 5 October 1190 after Guy de Lusignan seized it from Saladin.

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