Helion de Villeneuve
Hélion de Villeneuve (also Ioannes Eliones Villanovanus, Elionus de Villanova ) (* around 1270, † 1346 in Rhodes ) was the 26th Grand Master of the Order of St. John on Rhodes from 1319 until his death (1346) . He was a brother of the holy Rosaline of Villeneuve and came from the tongue of Provence .
De Villeneuve replaced the disempowered Grand Master Foulques de Villaret and his competitor Maurice de Pagnac after both of Pope John XXII. had been removed from office.
In 1343 he participated with Venice and Cyprus in a papal crusade league against the Turks of Aydın . At the end of 1344 the Crusaders conquered the city of Smyrna on mainland Asia Minor. The Order of St. John was able to assert itself there until 1402.
literature
- Gerhart Ellert : The Johanniter . Universitas 1999, ISBN 3-8004-1385-X .
- Pierre d'Avity and Johann Ludwig Gottfried : Archontologiae Cosmicae . Frankfurt am Main 1628, Book III, p. 37 (online here)
- Ernle Bradford : Cross and Sword . Universitas Verlag, ISBN 3-8004-0812-0 .
- Elias Kollias: The Knights of Rhodes . Ekdotike Athenon SA ISBN 960-213-244-2 .
Web links
- Helion de Villeneuve at cilialacorte.com
- Helion de Villeneuve at smom-za.org
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Foulques de Villaret |
Grand Master of the Order of St. John 1319–1346 |
Dieudonné de Gozon |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Helion de Villeneuve |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ioannes Eliones Villanovanus; Elionus de Villanova |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Grand Master of the Johanniter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1270 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1346 |
| Place of death | Rhodes |