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Robert of Holy Island (or Robert de Insula; died 1283) was a medieval Bishop of Durham. Robert was the son of crofters and was a native of the island of Lindisfarne. He had a brother Henry who became Robert’s executor. He became a Benedictine monk at Durham where he served as sacrist from 1265 to 1269. He was prior of Durham’s dependent monastic cell at Finchale Priory by 1272. Robert was sent as a representative of the Durham cathedral chapter to the Second Council of Lyon in 1274.