Pope benedict xii biography of michael jackson
Pope Benedict XII (Jacques Fournier) [Catholic-Hierarchy]...
Benedict XII, Pope
Pontificate: Dec. 20, to April 25, ; b.
Pope benedict xii biography of michael jackson
Jacques Fournier, at Saverdun (Ariège) France; d. Avignon. The talent of this cistercian for inquisitorial matters was used by john xxii, who sought his advice concerning cases of heresy being appealed to the papal court.
As bishop of Pamiers () and of Mirepoix (), he freed the dioceses of any waldenses, ca thari, and albigenses still infesting them.
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He was a
zealous inquisitor, masterfully wresting confessions from the accused and never faltering in his integrity. A harsh man on occasion, he showed clemency to heretics who confessed their guilt: only four Waldenses and one relapsed Catharist died at the stake (see inquisition).
He was made cardinal priest in A doctor of theology from Paris, he took part in the great controversies of the age centering on the poverty controversy and the beatific vision; he wrote a treatise against the fraticelli; a refutation of the errors of joachim of fiore and Meister eckhart; a di