- Peter of Benevento
Peter of Benevento [ Peter Beneventano, Petrus Beneventanus, Peter of Douai, Pierre Duacensis.] (died c.1221) was an Italian
canon lawyer ,papal legate and Cardinal [In 1212. [http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/consistories-xiii.htm] ] .He was closely associated with
Pope Innocent III , and produced in 1209/10 [ [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=104981960 The Early Humiliati ] ] a collection of hisdecretals , the "Compilatio tertia", as an active editor [http://classes.maxwell.syr.edu/his311/InnocentIuscom.htm] and competing with that ofBernard of Pavia . [http://faculty.cua.edu/Pennington/1140a-b.htm] .He was sent in 1214 by Innocent to
Provence , and there presided over the 1215Council of Montpellier , directed against theAlbigensians and empowering Simon de Montfort. [ [http://www.domcentral.org/trad/domwork/domworka5.htm Appendix 5: St. Dominic and the Pope in 1215 ] ] From there he tookJames I of Aragon toCatalonia . [ [http://www.raco.cat/index.php/Ausa/article/viewFile/16544/16384 PDF] ]References
* K. Pennington, "The Making of a Decretal Collection: The Genesis of Compilatio tertia". Proceedings of the Fifth International Congress of Medieval Canon Law Salamanca (1980)
* James M. Powell, "Innocent III and Petrus Beneventanus: Reconstructing a Career at the Papal Curia", in Pope Innocent II and His World (1999) editor John C. MooreNotes
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