William of Paris (inquisitor)

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]

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

References

^ ^a ^b Porete, Marguerite (1993). Ellen Babinsky. ed. The Mirror of Simple Souls. Paulist Press. pp. 20. ISBN 0-8091-3427-6.
^ Pike, Albert (1992). Magnum Opus Or the Great Work. Kessinger Publishing. pp. 10. ISBN 1564592456.

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