Pierre Amiel de Sarcenas
Pierre Amiel de Sarcenas OSB (* around 1309 in Sarcenas , † August 10, 1389 in Avignon ) was a French Catholic clergyman of the 14th century . His last name is also listed in historical documents as Amelii , d'Ameil , de Sarunas , de Gratia , de Brenac and de Grâce .
Life
Pierre Amiel de Sarcenas was born in Sarcenas in what is now the Isère department and joined the Benedictine order as a monk. Later and completed his training, he studied with the promotion of Doctor of Laws from.
From 1350 to 1363 de Sarcenas was the abbot of the Abbey of Saint-Bénigne in Dijon; around the same time he was from Pope Innocent VI. additionally called to the high office of apostolic penitentiary .
In 1362 he was elected Archbishop of Vienne , but already on January 9, 1363 he was appointed Metropolitan of Naples by Pope Urban V and in this office also served as the Papal Legate for the Kingdom of Naples . From 1366, Pierre Amiel de Sarcenas was Archbishop of Embrun and joined the Obedience of Avignon during the Western Schism .
Pope Clement VII appointed him cardinal priest at the consistory of December 18, 1378 and with his consecration assigned him the Basilica di San Marco Evangelista al Campidoglio in Rome as the titular church , which he did not own due to the ecclesiastical political situation on the occasion of the schism could take - instead Amiel de Sarcenas resided in Avignon. In November 1383 he was appointed major penitentiary by Clement VII and thus head of the apostolic penal court.
Due to his knowledge of the political conditions in the Kingdom of Naples from his time as papal legate, de Sarcenas became an important representative of the interests of Clement VII in the turmoil over the Neapolitan succession after the murder of Queen Joan I - so the Pope to the Neapolitan court on September 14, 1386 to act as advisor to the regent, Marie von Châtillon-Blois .
Pierre Amiel de Sarcenas died on August 10, 1389 in his residence in Avignon and was buried in the local Cölsestinian church .
literature
- Alfonso Chacón: Vitæ, et res gestæ Pontificvm Romanorum et SRE Cardinalivm ab initio nascentis Ecclesiæ vsque ad Vrbanvm VIII. Pont. Max. Rome 1630.
- Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1931. Maison de la Bonne Presse, Paris 1931.
- Konrad Eubel: Hierarchia catholica medii aevi, sive Summorum pontificum, SRE cardinalium, ecclesiarum antistitum series from anno 1198 usque ad annum perducta e documentis tabularii praesertim Vaticani collecta, digesta, edita per Conradum Eubel, 6 vols. Monasterii, Sumptibus et Typis Librariae Regensbergianae, 1913-1967.
- Marcellin Fornier, Raymond Juvénis, Antoine Albert, Paul Guillaume: Histoire générales des Alpes Maritimes ov Cottiènes, et pertievlière de levr métropolitaine Ambrvn; chronographiqve et meslée de la séevlière avec l'ecclésiastiqve, divisée en cinq parties fort abondantes en diverse belles evriositez. H. Champion, Paris 1890.
Web links
- Amiel de Sarcenas, OSB, Pierre. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed January 12, 2018.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Bernard II |
Archbishop of Embrun 1366-1378 |
Michel Etienne |
| Bertrando de Meyshones |
Archbishop of Naples 1363–1365 |
Bernardo de Bouquet |
| Pierre Bertrand |
Archbishop of Vienne 1362–1363 |
Louis de Villars |
| Pierre de Ranzeville |
Abbot of Saint-Bénigne 1350–1363 |
Jean de Cloies |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sarcenas, Pierre Amiel de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cardinal and Archbishop of Naples, Embrun and Vienne |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1309 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sarcenas |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 10, 1389 |
| Place of death | Avignon |