Zoen Tencarari
Zoen Tencarari[1] was an Italian canon lawyer, papal vice-legate, and bishop of Avignon from 1240 to about 1261. He taught at the University of Bologna,[2] where in 1256, he founded a college.[3] He glossed the Compilatio quinta, and brought Henry of Segusio to the see of Sisteron.[4]
He was a strong opponent of the Albigensians.[5] He presided at the Council of Albi of 1254.[6]
He had work done to improve the residence of the bishops at Noves.[7]
Notes
- Léon-Honoré Labande (1908), Avignon au 13eme siecle: l'eveque Zoen Tencarari et les Avignonnais
References
- Back to citation Tancalari; according to Girolamo Tiraboschi, Storia della letteratura italiana (1823), he was born c. 1200, and was named Giovanni.
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- Back to citation Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Universities". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 751.
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- Back to citation Henry Charles Lea, A History of the Inquisition In The Middle Ages, 1888: ch. vii; "Église Catholique en Avignon": briefest mention as bishop of Avignon, 1241-1261. Archived October 10, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- Back to citation Shahan, Thomas Joseph (1907). "Council of Albi". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- Back to citation Noves website