Henry of Marcy
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Henry of Marcy[1] (d. January 1189 at Arras) was the Cistercian abbot of Clairvaux, and a papal legate. He was born at the Chateau of Marcy, and became first abbot of Haute-Combe.[2]
He was a leading figure of the Third Lateran Council, and an activist against heresy.[3] He took steps against the Cathars in Languedoc in 1178[4]. In 1179 he was made Cardinal-bishop of Albano. He encountered Peter Waldo in 1180, extracting from him a profession of orthodox Catholic faith.[5] In 1181 he deployed military force, with the siege of Lavaur, taking on Raymond Roger, viscount of Beziers.
At the end of his life he preached the Third Crusade[6] and helped smooth the way for it by mediating between leaders.
He declined the offer of the papacy in 1187[7], when Pope Gregory VIII was elected.
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[edit] Works
- Epistolae
- De peregrinante civitate Dei
These are in Patrologia Latina.[8]
[edit] Reference
- Beverly Mayne Kienzle (2001), Cistercians, Heresy and Crusade in Occitania, 1145-1229: Preaching in the Lord's Vineyard, review
[edit] Notes
- ^ Henry de Marcy, Henri de Marcy, Henry of Clairvaux, Henri de Clairvaux, Henry of Marcy, Henry of Albano, Henri of Albano, Henri d'Albano, Henri de Hautecombe , Henri de Marsiac, Henry de Marsiac, Henricus Albanensis, Henricus de Altacumba, Henricus de Marsiaco, Henricus Gallus, Henri de Gaule, Henricus Claraevallensis, Henricus de Castro Marsiaco, Henricus de Marsiaco Claraevallensis, Henricus Cisterciensis.
- ^ [1]
- ^ Robinson, The Papacy 1073-1198 (1990), p.181
- ^ [2]
- ^ [3], [4], French language.
- ^ From the end of 1187; in Liège March 1188, for example.[5] (French).
- ^ Robinson, p.505.
- ^ [6]
[edit] External links
- [ http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/encyc05/Page_227.html Schaff Encyclopedia article]
- (German) BBK pageCategory;Cistercians
