Ghibelin from Arles

Ghibelin of Sabran (or Gibelin , * around 1045; † 1112 in Jerusalem ) was a Provencal cleric , Archbishop of Arles , papal legate and Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem .

He came from a noble family named after the town of Sabran in the part of Provence that was then part of the Holy Roman Empire .

He was appointed Archbishop of Arles at the Council of Avignon in 1080, at which his predecessor Archbishop Aicard was deposed. It was consecrated by Pope Gregory VII . However, the clergy and people of Arles preferred Aicard, who was a relative of the Count of Marseille and who was part of the Roman-German King / Emperor Henry IV against Pope Gregory VII. Although he was supported by Margrave Bertrand II of Provence , the citizens of Arles prevented Ghibelin from entering the city so that he could not take possession of his archdiocese. He could not take office until 1098 after Aicard died and Pope Urban II confirmed Ghibelin's claims. By 1105 he had got back all the lands of the archbishopric that had meanwhile been usurped.

At the end of 1107 Ghibelin set out for the Holy Land as a papal legate for Pope Paschal II . His job was to settle a dispute over the Patriarchate of Jerusalem. Dagobert of Pisa was overthrown as patriarch in 1102 and replaced by Ehremar . The Pope reinstated Dagobert, but he died in 1107 before he could return to the Holy Land. The Pope was now inclined to confirm Ehremar, whereas King Baldwin I of Jerusalem objected because he regarded him as incompetent. Ghibelin should now decide the matter. When Ghibelin arrived in the spring of 1108, he found that there was apparently no one interested in the reinstatement of Ehremar, so he declared the Patriarchate vacant and held a synod to replace it. During the synod, King Baldwin I proposed Ghibelin himself as the new Patriarch of Jerusalem, who finally accepted the office. Ehremar was resigned to the archbishopric in Caesarea , which had conveniently just become vacant.

He died in Jerusalem in December 1112, where Arnulf von Chocques succeeded him as patriarch, while the office of Archbishop of Arles remained vacant until 1115.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ See Steven Runciman: History of the Crusades. CH Beck, Munich 1995, ISBN 3406399606 , p. 395.

literature

• Klaus-Peter Kirstein: The Latin Patriarchs of Jerusalem. From the conquest of the Holy City by the Crusaders in 1099 to the end of the Crusader States in 1291. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3428099648 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Aicard de Marseille	Archbishop of Arles 1080 / 1098–1112	Atton de Bruniquel
Scrooge from Pisa	Patriarch of Jerusalem 1108–1112	Arnulf of Chocques