Bertrand de Saint-Martin

Bertrand de Saint-Martin (d. 1275 or 1277) was a French cardinal.

He entered the Order of Benedictines long before 1238. In 1248 he was elected bishop of Fréjus. In 1264 he was transferred to the see of Avignon, and in 1266 to the metropolitan see of Arles. Pope Gregory X created him Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina on June 3, 1273. He participated in the Second Council of Lyon (1274).

Date of his death is uncertain. "Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1929", p. 127, indicates that he died at Lyon on March 28, 1275, and shortly thereafter was succeeded in the see of Sabina by Giovanni Visconti, nephew of Gregory X. On the other hand, Konrad Eubel, "Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi", vol I, p. 9 and 38, claims that he participated in the conclaves that elected Innocent V and John XXI in 1276 and died in 1277, before the election of Nicholas III (November 25, 1277). Joseph Hyacinthe Albanés says that he died on March 29, 1277. There are also sources which indicate that he died during the celebration of the Second Council of Lyon in 1274, but the last papal bull signed by him is dated March 23, 1275.

He may have become dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals in September 1276.

External links

* [http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1273.htm#Saintmartin The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church: biographical entry of Bertrand de Saint-Martin]
* [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k941649/f195.table Joseph Hyacinthe Albanés: Gallica christiana novissima]
* [http://www.araldicavaticana.com/cadsaintmartin.htm Araldica Vaticana]