Arnaud de Lévezou

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Arnaud de Lévezou († September 30, 1149 ), son of Aicfred von Lévezou and the Arsinde de Millau, was a member of a powerful family that had fortified the city of Lévézou (County of Rouergue ) in the previous century .

Arnaud was prior of the Abbey of Cassan , since 1095/6 Bishop of Béziers , from April 16, 1121 as successor of his uncle Richard de Milhau Archbishop of Narbonne and papal legate . During the minority of the Countess Ermengarde of Narbonne from 1134 he supported the reign of Alfonso I of Toulouse . He made him governor of Narbonne , which he had taken with his support in 1139.

literature

  • Marc Antoine F. de Gaujal: Études historiques sur le Rouergue. Tome IV. Paul Dupont, Paris 1859, pp. 92f., 305.

Individual evidence

  1. Ludwig Vones: Legation and councils. In: Klaus Herbers, Frank Engel (ed.): The limited papacy: scope for papal action. Legates - delegated judges - limits. Walter de Gruyter, 2013, ISBN 978-3-11030802-0 , p. 235
  2. Jacqueline Caille: Medieval Narbonne: A City at the Heart of the Troubadour World. Ashgate, 2005, ISBN 978-0-86078914-7 , pp. 80 f.
predecessor Office successor
Richard de Milhau Archbishop of Narbonne
1121–1149
Pierre d'Anduze
Matfred III. Bishop of Béziers
1096–1121
Geraldus