Benedict of Alignan
The Blessed Benedict of Alignan (died 1268) was Benedictine abbot of Nôtre Dame de la Grasse (1224) and Bishop of Marseille (1229).
Biography[edit]
Benedict twice visited Palestine (1239–1242 and 1260–1262), where he helped the Knights Templar build the great castle of Safet.[1]
Benedict founded a short-lived order, the Brothers of the Virgin, which was suppressed by the Council of Lyon (1274), and died a Franciscan. His writings include a letter to Pope Innocent IV and De Summa Trinitate et Fide Catholica in Decretalibus (circa 1260). Someone in his following wrote De constructione castri Saphet.[1][2]
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b Chisholm 1911, p. 719.
- ^ Baluze, chapter ii.
References[edit]
- Baluze, Étienne. "ii". Miscellanea.
- Jonathan Rubin, "Benoit d’Alignan and Thomas Agni: Two Western Intellectuals and the Study of Oriental Christianity in 13th-century Kingdom of Jerusalem," Viator 44.1 (Spring, 2013), pp. 189–199.
Attribution:
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Benedict of Alignan". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 719.
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