Peter of Luxembourg
Peter of Luxembourg (born July 20, 1369 in Ligny-en-Barrois , † July 2, 1387 in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon ) was a French cardinal and bishop of Metz . He was beatified by Pope Clement VII in 1527 and is now one of the city patrons of Avignon . His Catholic feast day is July 2nd .
Life
Peter was the son of Guido of Luxembourg , Count of Ligny-en-Barrois and Mathilde of Châtillon , Countess of Saint-Pol . After the early loss of his parents, he was raised by his aunt Johanna, Countess von Orgières. In 1377 he began his studies at the Collège de Navarre in Paris . In 1378 he became a canon in Paris and in 1381 canon in Cambrai .
At the age of fourteen, Antipope Clement VII appointed him Bishop of Metz in 1384 with the support of the Metz clergy. The Roman-German King Wenceslaus IV , supporter of Pope Urban VI. , campaigned in return for the candidate Tilmann Vuss von Bettemburg . The conflict over the occupation of the bishopric led to violent disputes in the cities of Metz, Boulay and Thionville , in which Tilmann was unable to assert his claims to the office of bishop.
Meanwhile appointed cardinal, the Pope called him to Avignon in 1386, where Peter died ten months later on July 2, 1387 . His funeral took place in the Saint-Michel cemetery. The first attempt at canonization at the Council of Basel from 1431 to 1449 was unsuccessful. The beatification of Peter of Luxembourg only took place on April 9, 1527 by Pope Clement VII.
literature
- François Duchesne : Histoire de tous les cardinaux françois de naissance ou qui ont été promus au cardinalat par l'expresse recommandation de nos roys. Paris 1660.
- Étienne Baluze : Vitae paparum Avenionensium, sive collectio actorum veterum. Vol. I et II. Paris 1693.
- Guillaume Mollat : Contribution à l'histoire du Sacré Collège de Clément V à Eugène IV. In: Revue d'histoire ecclésiastique , T. XLVI, 1961.
- Le Peuple des Saints, croyances et dévotion en Provence et Comtat Venaissin des origines à la fin du Moyen Âge. In: Michel Feuillas: Une tradition hagiographique: les panégyriques latins du bienheureux Pierre de Luxembourg dans l'église des Célestins d'Avignon au XVII e siècle. Mémoire de l'Académie de Vaucluse, 1987, pp. 87-107.
- Jules Avril: La Merveilleuse histoire du bienheureux cardinal Pierre de Luxembourg. éd. J. Aubanel et fils, 1974.
Web links
- Entry in the church lexicon ( memento from June 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- Luxembourg, Pierre de. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed May 5, 2017.
- Pierre de Luxembourg on the Saarland biographies
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter von Luxemburg in the Lexicon of Saints , accessed on October 23, 2011.
- ↑ a b PETER von Luxemburg in the Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon ( Memento of June 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on October 23, 2011.
- ↑ Guillaume Ferdinand Teissier: Histoire de Thionville , 1828, p. 56.
- ^ Jean Chrétien Ferdinand Hoefer: Nouvelle biographie générale depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours , 1860, p. 325.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Dietrich Bayer from Boppard |
Bishop of Metz 1384-1387 |
Rudolf of Coucy |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Peter of Luxembourg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Peter of Luxembourg; Pierre de Luxembourg; Saint Pierre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French clergyman, cardinal and bishop of Metz, Catholic blessed, patron saint of Avignon |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 20, 1369 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ligny-en-Barrois |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 2, 1387 |
| Place of death | Villeneuve-lès-Avignon |