John Halgren of Abbeville

John Halgren of Abbeville [Jean d'Abbeville, Jean Halgrin d'Abbeville, Johannes Halgrin de Abbatisvilla, Joannes Algrinus, Jean Algrin, Alegrin, Halgrin or Malgrin.] (d.1237) was a French scholastic philosopher and writer of sermons, papal legate and Cardinal.

In theology he was a follower of Peter the Chanter and Stephen Langton [ [http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/Mcahweb/facade/body.html Amiens J 8 ] ] . After studying with Hugolino of Ostia at the University of Paris, he became dean of the chapter at Amiens in 1218 [ [http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intdept/pnp/images/amiens.html City and Cathedral ] ] ; later he was archbishop of Besançon. He became Cardinal Bishop of Sabina in 1227. [ [http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/consistories-xiii.htm The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Consistories of the XIII Century ] ] He visited Spain as papal legate between 1227 and 1228. He may have become dean of the Sacred College in January 1230, as the most senior Cardinal-Bishop after the death of Pelagio Galvani [Date of the death of Pelagio Galvani is uncertain; some sources indicate that he died in 1240 (not in 1230).] .

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