{{Infobox Christian leader | type = | honorific_prefix = | name = | honorific_suffix = | title = [[Bishop of St Andrews]] | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | church = [[Roman Catholic Church]] | archdiocese = | province = | metropolis = | diocese = [[archdiocese of St Andrews|St Andrews]] | see = | appointed = 18 February 1342 | elected = | term = | enthroned = | began = | term_start = | quashed = | ended = 23 September 1385 | term_end = | predecessor = [[William Bell (bishop)|William Bell]] | successor = [[Stephen de Pa]] | opposed = | other_post = | ordination = | ordained_by = | consecration = 17 March 1342 | consecrated_by = [[Pierre Desprès]] | cardinal = | rank = | created_cardinal_by = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | baptised = | baptized = | death_date = 23 September 1385 | death_place = [[St Andrews]], [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]] | buried = | nationality = | religion = | residence = | parents = | spouse = | children = | occupation = | previous_post = | profession = | alma_mater = | signature = | coat_of_arms = | motto = | resting_place_coordinates = | education = | signature_alt = | coat_of_arms_alt = | feast_day = | venerated = | saint_title = | beatified_date = | beatified_place = | beatified_by = | canonized_date = | canonized_place = | canonized_by = | attributes = | patronage = | shrine = | suppressed_date = | other = | module = | module2 = | retired = | laicized = }}{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} '''William de Landallis''' (died 1385) was a 14th-century [[Bishop of St. Andrews]].
==Life== Like his predecessor, [[James Bane]], he was a native of [[Aberdeenshire]], serving as rector of [[Kinkell, Aberdeenshire|Kinkell]] before being appointed by [[Pope Benedict XII]] as the successor to James at [[St. Andrews]]. The [[Prior (ecclesiastical)|prior]] and the [[Chapter (religion)|chapter]] of the [[Episcopal See|see]] had actually chosen William Bell, [[Dean (religion)|dean]] of [[diocese of Dunkeld]], "a famous gret persoune" [Andrew of Wyntoun's Chronicle], but "depressed by age and afflicted by blindness" [John Dowden, "Some Bishops of St Andrews in Scotland"], and having waited in vain for the Pope's confirmation of his election, William Bell had the fair-mindedness to resign all the rights derived from his election to the Pope, who, understanding William's position, respected his decision. The Kings of Scotland and France joined the Pope in their recommendation of William de Landallis, and the candidate put forward by the English King was not accepted. According to [[Walter Bower]] (vi. 45), William was appointed to the bishopric on 18 February 1342, a date confirmed by a known papal letter. William Bell travelled back to Scotland with Landallis, and died in the Priory of St Andrews on 7 February 1342 or 1743 [Dowden, ibid.]
William's long rule as bishop was generally successful.
In 1370, he crowned [[Robert II of Scotland|Robert II]] at [[Scone, Scotland|Scone]].{{sfn|Fotheringham|1892}} However, it was during William's episcopate that [[St. Andrew's Cathedral, St. Andrews|St. Andrews' Cathedral]] was destroyed by [[fire]]. In 1381, [[Pope Clement VII]] granted some benefices towards the cathedral's reconstruction, and promised certain rewards to those lay donors who assisted with this aim.
William died at St. Andrews, in the [[Priory]], on 23 September 1385. He was buried inside the cathedral, in the church's vestry.{{sfn|Fotheringham|1892}}
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==References== *[[John Dowden|Dowden, John]], ''The Bishops of Scotland'', ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912) *{{cite DNB|wstitle=Landel, William |first=James Gainsborough |last=Fotheringham|volume=32}}
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