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).

He twice visited Palestine (1239–1242 and 1260–1262), where he helped the Knights Templar build the great castle of Safet.

He 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, De constructione Castri Saphet,^[1] and De Summa Trinitate et Fide Catholica in Decretalibus (circa 1260).

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•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Benedict of Alignan". Encyclopædia Britannica 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 719.