Albert of Pisa

Albert of Pisa (* around 1200 in Pisa ; † on January 23, 1240 , ibid) was an Italian Franciscan. As the successor of St. Francis the Third General Minister of the Franciscan Order . His predecessor was Elias of Cortona (1232-1239), his successor was Haymo of Faversham (1240-1243).

Previously, he was the second Provincial Minister of his order in England as the successor to Agnellus of Pisa . He had already held this office in Germany and England.

Life

Albert of Pisa joined the Franciscan order, founded in 1209 and approved by the papacy in 1210. He was sent to France with his brother in 1219 to open a convent there. In 1223, at the Matten Chapter in Assisi , he became Provincial of the new German province of Teutonia . He headed the provincial chapters in Speyer (1223), Würzburg (1224) and Mainz (1227). Elias of Cortona dismissed him from this office in 1227. Then he was in turn Provincial for Hungary, the province of Bologna, the Mark Ancona, the Mark Treviso and Tuscany. When his brother Agnello, who was provincial in England, died in 1236, the English brothers asked for Albert as his successor. Elias of Cortona allowed this. Albert encouraged the brothers to study theology in London and Canterbury . On May 15, 1239, Albert of Pisa was elected Minister General by the General Chapter in Rome. He died in Pisa the following year.

Pope Gregory IX , who admired him very much, composed an elegy on his death. Albert wrote the work "Sermo de caritate Salvatoris", a collection of sermons.

Individual evidence

↑ Padre Pio - The Franciscan Order (English website)
^ Dieter Berg: The Franciscans in Westphalia. In: ders .: Poverty and History. Studies on the history of the mendicant orders in the High and Late Middle Ages. Butzon & Bercker, Kevelaer 2001, ISBN 3-7666-2074-6 , pp. 307–334, here p. 315.

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biography

personal data
SURNAME	Albert of Pisa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian Franciscan
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1200
PLACE OF BIRTH	Pisa , Italy
DATE OF DEATH	January 23, 1240
Place of death	Pisa , Italy

[1] Padre Pio - The Franciscan Order (English website)

[2] Dieter Berg: The Franciscans in Westphalia. In: ders .: Poverty and History. Studies on the history of the mendicant orders in the High and Late Middle Ages. Butzon & Bercker, Kevelaer 2001, ISBN 3-7666-2074-6 , pp. 307–334, here p. 315.