Benedict of Alignan

The Blessed Benedict of Alignan (d. 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 (Baluze, Miscellanea, ii.)", and "De Summa Trinitate et Fide Catholica in Decretalibus" (circa 1260).

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*1911