Pierre Bertrand (Cardinal)
Pierre Bertrand (born March 1280 in Annonay , Vivarais ; † June 23, 1349 in the Montaut Priory in Villeneuve-lez-Avignon on the banks of the Rhone opposite Avignon ) was a French cardinal, theologian and canon lawyer.
Life
Pierre Bertrand studied at the University of Avignon philosophy and Montpellier Jura. He then became a canon in Le Puy (1296) and professor in Avignon, Montpellier and Orléans .
A skilled lawyer, he soon received a position in the Parlement of Paris , on the Royal Council and in the Queen's Chancellery. He then became a priest.
In quick succession he became canon and dean of Le Puy-en-Velay , on January 28, 1320 Bishop of Nevers and on May 19, 1322 Bishop of Autun . In 1329, at the so-called Council of Vincennes , he defended the ecclesiastical claims to jurisdiction against Pierre de Cugnières, who represented the primacy of secular jurisdiction. In 1330 Pierre was supposed to become bishop of Bourges , but refused. He became the papal legate to settle the dispute between Emperor Ludwig IV and the Austrian Duke Frederick the Fair . In 1331 he gave up his bishopric. On December 20, 1331, Pope John XXII appointed him cardinal priest of San Clemente . In March 1332 he became a member of the papal curia. He took part in the conclave in 1334 and became a legate of Italy, Paris and Bruges . On June 18, 1340 he became dean of Notre-Dame du Puy. He took part in the conclave of 1342 that Pope Clement VI. chose, part. From 1348 he was cardinal proto-priest .
He founded several charitable organizations in Annonay , the Collège d'Autun (1343 in Paris), which enabled five poor students to study theology, five in law and five in the visual arts.
Pierre Bertrand died in the Montaut priory, which he had founded, near Avignon.
literature
- Raymond Cazelles: Bertrand, Pierre d. Ä. In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 1, Artemis & Winkler, Munich / Zurich 1980, ISBN 3-7608-8901-8 , Sp. 2042 with the wrong year 1321 for the cardinal's elevation.
- Honoré Fisquet : La France pontificale (Gallia christiana), histoire chronologique et biographique des archevêques et évêques de tous les diocèses de France depuis l'établissement du christianisme jusqu'à nos jours, divisée en 17 provinces ecclésiastique. Métropole de Sens. Nevers - Bethléhem. E. Repos, Paris n.d., pp. 48-50
Web links
- J. Sollier: Pierre Bertrand (1) . In: Catholic Encyclopedia , Volume 2, Robert Appleton Company, New York 1907.
- BERTRAND, seniore, Pierre (1280-1349). In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed January 22, 2018.
- Kenneth Pennington - Charles Donahue jr .: Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Medieval and Early Modern Jurists .
- Prints of Bertrand's writings at the Biblioteca Europea di informazione e cultura (BEIC)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cazelles in LexMA mentions June 24th.
- ^ Entry in Base Mérimée
- ↑ In the papal documents of his appointment evaluated by Eubel he is referred to as Archdeacon of Billom : Konrad Eubel : Hierarchia Catholica medii aevi I: from anno 1198 usque ad annum 1431 perducta . Editio altera. Münster 1913, p. 369.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pierre Bertrand |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Petrus Bertrandi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French cardinal, theologian and canon lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 1280 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Annonay , Vivarais |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 23, 1349 |
| Place of death | Montaut Priory, Villeneuve-lez-Avignon |