Pierre de Corneillan
Pierre de Corneillan , also Petrus Cornilianus, Petrus de Corvile, Pierre de Cornillan , († around October 1355 ) was the 28th Grand Master of the Order of St. John from 1353 until his death in 1355 .
He came from Provence and was Grand Prior of Saint-Gilles before he was elected to succeed Grand Master Dieudonné de Gozon , who died in December 1353 .
During his tenure, the city of Smyrna , which was owned by the Johanniter, was threatened by the Ottoman Turks , which is why Pierre received significant payments from the Holy See for the fight against the Turks. In 1354 the Turks conquered the Byzantine city of Gallipoli, the first base on European soil, while the order concentrated on the defense of Smyrna and did not undertake any notable offensives against the Turks. Pope Innocent VI Then in October 1355 Pierre had Jean Fernandez de Heredia deliver a letter in which he accused him of lazy inactivity. Instead of watching the expansion of the Turks from safe Rhodes, may he use the resources constantly sent to him from Europe to relocate the headquarters of the Order of Rhodes to the land of the Turks and to drive the Turks out of Asia Minor. Pierre reacted evasively - he wanted to submit this proposal to the General Convention for discussion; his death preceded a decision. His successor, Roger de Pins , did not pursue the issue of relocation.
Pierre's relief sarcophagus has been preserved and is now in the Musée national du Moyen Age in Paris.
literature
- Pierre d'Avity / Johann Ludwig Gottfried : Archontologiae Cosmicae. Book III, Frankfurt am Main 1628, p. 37 (online here) .
- Kenneth M. Setton: The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571. American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia 1976, ISBN 0871691140 .
Web links
- Pierre de Corneillan at cilialacorte.com
- Pierre de Corneillan at smom-za.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ See Setton, p. 229 f.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Dieudonné de Gozon |
Grand Master of the Order of St. John 1353–1355 |
Roger de Pins |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pierre de Corneillan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Petrus Cornilianus; Petrus de Cornile; Pierre de Cornillan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Grand Master of the Order of Malta |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 13th century or 14th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | around October 1355 |