Bertrand de La Tour
| Bertrand de La Tour OFM | |
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| Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati | |
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Fresco by the workshop of Fabrizio Boschi in Ognissanti, Florence
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| Church | Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Suburbicarian Diocese of Frascati |
| In office | June 1323 – 1333 |
| Predecessor | Berengar Fredol the Elder |
| Successor | Annibaldo Caetani |
| Previous posts | Cardinal-Priest of San Vitale (1320-1323) Archbishop of Salerno (1320-1321) |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 21 October 1320 by Berengar Fredol the Younger[1] |
| Created cardinal | 20 December 1320 by Pope John XXII[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1265 Camboulit, Quercy, Kingdom of France |
| Died | 1333 (aged 67–68) Avignon, Comtat Venaissin, Papal States |
Bertrand de La Tour (1265? – 1332 or 1333), also known as Bertrand de Turre, was a French Franciscan theologian and cardinal.[2]
Bertrand was born in Camboulit in the old province of Quercy, France. Serving as a provincial minister in Aquitaine from 1312 onwards he became a leading opponent of the Franciscan Spirituals.[2] He undertook diplomatic missions for Pope John XXII with Bernard Gui from 1317–1318. After this time, he was asked to aid in evaluating the heresy of Peter Olivi.[2] Bertrand was made Archbishop of Salerno and then Cardinal of San Vitale in 1320. In 1323 Bertrand was appointed cardinal bishop of Tusculum.[3]
After the deposition of Michael of Cesena in 1328, on John XXII's behest Bertrand acted as vicar general of the Franciscan Order.[2]
He was nicknamed "Doctor famosus".
References
- Back to citation occurrence 1.0 Back to citation occurrence 1.1 "Bertrand Cardinal de La Tour, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2026-07-30.
- Back to citation occurrence 2.0 Back to citation occurrence 2.1 Back to citation occurrence 2.2 Back to citation occurrence 2.3 Patrick Nold (2003). Pope John XXII and his Franciscan Cardinal: Bertrand de la Tour and the Apostolic Poverty Controversy. Oxford.
- Back to citation Moorman, John H. R. (1968). A History of the Franciscan Order from its Origins to the Year 1517 (1st ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 321. ISBN 978-0819909213.
Bibliography
- Patrick Nold, Bertrand de la Tour O.Min.: Life and Works, Archivum Franciscanum Historicum, 94 (2001), 275–323.
- Patrick Nold, Bertrand de la Tour O.Min.: Manuscript list and sermon supplement, Archivum Franciscanum Historicum, 95 (2002), 351.
- Patrick Nold, Pope John XXII and his Franciscan Cardinal: Bertrand de la Tour and the Apostolic Poverty Controversy (Oxford, 2003).
External links
- Archived 2017-07-31 at the Wayback Machine