William of Paris (inquisitor)

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William of Paris, the confessor of Philip IV of France, was made inquisitor of France in 1305, and began a campaign against the Templars in 1307.^[1] The arrest of the Templars led to Pope Clement V to suspend William's powers after a complaint from Edward II of England, but King Phillip's "bold and comtemptuous" written reply caused the Pope to back down and re-instate William.^[2]

He became archbishop of Sens in 1309.^[3]

In 1310 he presided over the trial of Marguerite Porete.^[1]

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1. ^ ^{a b} Porete, Marguerite (1993). in Ellen Babinsky: The Mirror of Simple Souls. Paulist Press, 20. ISBN 0-8091-3427-6. 
2. ^ Pike, Albert (1992). Magnum Opus Or the Great Work. Kessinger Publishing, 10. ISBN 1564592456. 
3. ^ Porete. Op. cit., 24.