Arnaud Amalric
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Arnaud Amalric, or Arnau Amalric, (d. 1225) was abbot of Poblet from 1196 to 1198, then of Grandselve from 1198 to 1202 [1]. He later became the seventeenth abbot of Cîteaux.
In 1204, he was sent by Innocent III with Peter of Castelnau and Arnoul to attempt the conversion of the Albigensians. Failing in this, he distinguished himself by the zeal with which he incited men by his preaching to the crusade against these deemed heretics. He was named archbishop of Narbonne about 1212, on his return, according to Moréri, from an expedition into Spain, to encourage the Christians against the Moors. Of this expedition, he has left us an account. His stirring spirit embroiled him with his sovereign, Simon de Montfort. In 1224, he presided in the council of Montpellier, assembled to consider the complaints of the Albigensians.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Tugwell, Simon. Early Dominicans. Paulist Press. ISBN 0-8091-2414-9. 1982. p 114-115.
- ^ Rose, Hugh James [1853] (1857). A New General Biographical Dictionary, London: B. Fellowes et al.
