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Amatus (archbishop of Bordeaux)

Amatus (archbishop of Bordeaux)

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Amatus was an eleventh-century French prelate, Catholic Bishop and Papal Legate.[1]

The former Oloron Cathedral, now St Mary's Church

Life

He was appointed Catholic Bishop of Oloron from 1073 and Archbishop of Bordeaux from 1089 until 1101.[2][3][4]

He was a Papal Legate for Pope Gregory VII going to Aquitaine in 1074 and Spain in 1077 Being a papal legate, he was therefore a strong supporter of Gregorys reform movement, instigating it in southern France, in partnership with Hugh of Die. He was also a fierce opponent of Berengar of Tours.

He was also a strong supporter of Church independence from civil authority, a supporter of Gregory during the Investiture Controversy and he pursued a policy of piety among the priesthood. At the Council of Rome, held in Lent 1076, he excommunicated several bishops accused of simony. He also presided over the ‘‘Council of Bordeaux’’ in 1080.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    La Grande Encyclopédie[full citation needed].
  2. [2]
    Bishops of Oloron at GCatholic Website.
  3. [3]
    R. Kriston Rennie, Law and Practice in the Age of Reform: The Legatine Work of Hugh of Die (1073–1106) (Turnhout: Brepols, 2010), p30. Rennie, Law and Practice in the Age of Reform: The legatine Work of Hugh of Die (1073-1106) (Turnhout: Brepols, 2010), p30.
  4. [4]
    Pierre de Marca, History of Béarn, à la veuve Jean Camusat, 1640 p297.
  5. [5]
    Arthur Augustus Tilley, Medieval France: A Companion to French Studies (Cambridge University Press, 2010) p.61.
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