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Pierre de Castelnau o Pedro de Castelnau (en occitano, Pèire de Castelnòu) fue un presbítero cisterciense e inquisidor pontificio, asesinado cerca de Saint-Gilles, Languedoc, el 15 de enero de 1208.
Pierre de Castelnau (? - died 15 January 1208), French ecclesiastic, made papal legate in 1199 to address the Cathar heresy, he was subsequently murdered in 1208.
Pierre de Castelnau o Pedro de Castelnau fue un presbítero cisterciense e inquisidor pontificio, asesinado cerca de Saint-Gilles, Languedoc, el 15 de enero de 1208.
2 de abr. de 2024 · Peter Of Castelnau was a Cistercian martyr, apostolic legate, and inquisitor against the Albigenses, most particularly the Cathari (heretical Christians who held unorthodox views on the nature of good and evil), whose assassination led to the Albigensian Crusade.
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In 1208, Pierre de Castelnau, Innocent's papal legate, was murdered while returning to Rome after excommunicating Count Raymond VI of Toulouse, who, in his view, was too lenient with the Cathars. Pope Innocent III then declared de Castelnau a martyr and launched the Albigensian Crusade in 1209.
Legado pontificio, nacido probablemente en la ciudad francesa de Castelnau en fecha desconocida, y muerto el 15 de enero de 1209. Fue canónigo y archidiácono del cabildo catedralicio de Maguelone. Pasó tres años pleiteando en Roma contra el prepósito de su cabildo que aspiraba a ocupar su puesto.
His feast is celebrated in the Cistercian order, by one part on 5 March, and by the other on 14 March. He is also honoured as a martyr in the Dioceses of Carcassonne and Treves. His relics are interred in the church of the ancient Abbey of St-Gilles.
