Benedict of Kefalonia
Benedict of Kefalonia († after 1239) was from 1207 to 1239, the first Latin Bishop of Kefalonia .
Life
He was a relative of Count Maio, who ruled the island at that time. In Benedict's more than 37-year term of office, there was the transition from a Greek to a Latin episcopate in Frankish Greece, the reorganization of the Church after the Fourth Lateran Council , the changing affiliations of the secular powers and finally the problems of the often uneducated and scandalous clergy that ruled during the first decades after the Fourth Crusade : Benedict was accused of simony , ignorance, negligence and sexual misconduct.
literature
- Apostolos Kouroupakis, Christopher David Schabel: Bishop Benedetto of Cephalonia, 1207 – post 1239 . In: Mediterranean Historical Review . tape 32 , no. 2 , 2017, p. 139–152 , doi : 10.1080 / 09518967.2017.1396768 .
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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Latin bishop of Kefalonia 1207–1228 |
Ioannes Georgius |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Benedict of Kefalonia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Benedetto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | first Latin bishop of Kefalonia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 12th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1239 |