Zoen Tencarari

Zoen Tencarari was an Italian canon lawyer, papal vice-legate, and bishop of Avignon from 1240 to about 1261. He taught at the University of Bologna, where in 1256, he founded a college. He glossed the Compilatio quinta, and brought Henry of Segusio to the see of Sisteron.

He was a strong opponent of the Albigensians. He presided at the Council of Albi of 1254.

He had work done to improve the residence of the bishops at Noves.

References

  1. ↑ Tancalari.; according to Girolamo Tiraboschi, Storia della letteratura italiana (1823), he was born c. 1200, and was named Giovanni.
  2. ↑ Relevance not found Archived October 16, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Universities" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 751.
  4. ↑ Relevance not found Archived July 8, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Henry Charles Lea, A History of the Inquisition In The Middle Ages, 1888: ch. vii; "Église Catholique en Avignon": briefest mention as bishop of Avignon, 1241-1261. Archived October 10, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ Shahan, Thomas Joseph (1907). "Council of Albi" . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  7. ↑ Noves website[dead link]

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