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Bernard Ayglerius
(also spelled
Aiglerius
,
Aygler
,
Ayglier
, or
Aiglier
) (1216 ? 4 April 1282) was a
French
theologian
,
papal legate
, and
cardinal
. He is sometimes known as
Bernardus Cassinensis
.
Born in
Lyon
, Bernard entered the
Benedictine
monastery of Savigny
as a young man and took
holy orders
. He caught the eye of
Pope Innocent IV
and was made a papal
chaplain
sometime before 1244, when he appeared as the
auditor
of the
Sacra Rota Romana
. In 1256 he was appointed
abbas Lerinensis
(abbot of
Lerins
on the
Ile Saint-Honorat
).
Charles of Anjou
brought him along as a privy counsellor to southern Italy in 1266 when he conquered the
Kingdom of Sicily
.
Pope Urban IV
named him the 59th abbot of
Montecassino
on March 29, 1263,
[1]
a post which he occupied until his death. At Montecassino he recalled the monks from exile, commissioned an inquiry into the monastery's ancient rights (1270s), reformed monastic discipline, recovered lost property, founded a hospital at
San Germano
, convened a
synod
, and granted a church to the
Dominicans
at the request of
Thomas Aquinas
.
According to several sources, Bernard was created cardinal in the
consistory
of 1265 or 1268, being the only cardinal created by
Pope Clement IV
. Some scholars (e.g.
Konrad Eubel
), however, doubt his promotion to the cardinalate, because he did not participate in any papal conclave or election celebrated after his alleged promotion, did not subscribe any papal bulls issued in this time, and did not reside in the papal curia. It is not known also to which cardinalatial order he belonged and which title or deaconry he received. He frequently acted as a papal legate: in
France
against the
Cathars
and in
Constantinople
against the
Greek Orthodox
and in promoting a
Crusade
. Upon his return from Constantinople he found
Angevin
troops occupying the castle of Montecassino and convinced Charles of Anjou to remove them.
Bernard died at Montecassino and was buried there.
Notes
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Sources
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- Bautz, Friedrich Wilhelm (1975). "Ayglerius, Bernhard". In Bautz, Friedrich Wilhelm (ed.).
Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL)
(in German). Vol. 1. Hamm: Bautz. cols. 311?312.
ISBN
3-88309-013-1
.
- Feghali, Francois-Xavier.
Bernard Aygler, Ayglier, ou Aiglier.
Archived
2011-09-30 at the
Wayback Machine
Citadelle: un autre regard sur le Moyen Age
. Accessed 23 February 2008.
- Loud, Graham A. "Continuity and change in Norman Italy: the Campania during the eleventh and twelfth centuries."
Journal of Medieval History
, Volume: 22, Issue: 4 (December, 1996), pp. 313–343.
- Miranda, Salvador.
Biographical Dictionary: Pope Clement IV (1265-1268), Consistory of 1265 or 1268 (I).
The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
. Accessed 23 February 2008.
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