Bertrand de La Tour

Bertrand de La Tour

OFM
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Fresco by the workshop of Fabrizio Boschi in Ognissanti, Florence
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseSuburbicarian Diocese of Frascati
In officeJune 1323 – 1333
PredecessorBerengar Fredol the Elder
SuccessorAnnibaldo Caetani
Previous postsCardinal-Priest of San Vitale (1320-1323)
Archbishop of Salerno (1320-1321)
Orders
Consecration21 October 1320
by Berengar Fredol the Younger
Created cardinal
20 December 1320
by Pope John XXII
Personal details
Born1265 (1265)
Camboulit, Quercy, Kingdom of France
Died1333 (aged 67–68)
Avignon, Comtat Venaissin, Papal States

Bertrand de La Tour (1265? – 1332 or 1333), also known as Bertrand de Turre, was a French Franciscan theologian and cardinal.

Bertrand was born in Camboulit in the old province of Quercy, France. Serving as a provincial minister in Aquitaine from 1312 onwards he became a leading opponent of the Franciscan Spirituals. He undertook diplomatic missions for Pope John XXII with Bernard Gui from 1317–1318. After this time, he was asked to aid in evaluating the heresy of Peter Olivi. Bertrand was made Archbishop of Salerno and then Cardinal of San Vitale in 1320. In 1323 Bertrand was appointed cardinal bishop of Tusculum.

After the deposition of Michael of Cesena in 1328, on John XXII's behest Bertrand acted as vicar general of the Franciscan Order.

He was nicknamed "Doctor famosus".

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References

  1. 1 2 "Bertrand Cardinal de La Tour, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2026-07-30.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Patrick Nold (2003). Pope John XXII and his Franciscan Cardinal: Bertrand de la Tour and the Apostolic Poverty Controversy. Oxford.
  3. ↑ Moorman, John H. R. (1968). A History of the Franciscan Order from its Origins to the Year 1517 (1st ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 321. ISBN 978-0819909213.