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William of Littlington

William of Littlington or Ludlington was an English Carmelite friar and theological writer. He became a Carmelite of Stamford, and took the degree of Doctor of Theology at Oxford. He opposed the division of England and Scotland into two Carmelite provinces which had been ordered at the Council of Narbonne in 1303, and was excommunicated. After four years' penance in Paris, he was made provincial of the Carmelite Order in the Holy Land and Cyprus in 1309.

Life
William was, according to Leland, a native of Lindsey; according to Bale, of Littlington in Cambridgeshire. which time he spent in teaching at Paris. In 1309 he was made provincial of the Holy Land and Cyprus at the Council of Genoa. He died at the Stamford friary in about 1310 or 1312 and was buried there. == Works ==
Works
He wrote a Commentary on St. Matthew (''St. Matthew's Gospel'') which survives at New College, Oxford (MS. 47). Bale and Pits mention other commentaries and theological works by him which are not known to be extant. == References ==
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