Bérenger de Landore
Bérenger de Landore
Most Reverend Bérenger de Landore | |
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Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela | |
Church | Catholic Church |
Archdiocese | Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela |
In office | 1317-1330 |
Successor | Gómez Manrique |
Orders | |
Consecration | 30 April 1318 by Niccolò Alberti |
Personal details | |
Born | 1262 France |
Died | 20 October 1330 (age 68) Santiago de Compostela, Spain |
Nationality | French |
Previous post | Master of the Order of Preachers (1312–1317) |
Bérenger de Landore (also Berengar of Landorra, of Landorre; Berenguel de Landoria, Landória, or Landoira) (1262–1330) was a French Dominican, who became Master of the Order of Preachers (1312–1317), and then Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (1317-1330). He was from a noble family of southern France.[1]
Most Reverend Bérenger de Landore | |
---|---|
Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela | |
Church | Catholic Church |
Archdiocese | Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela |
In office | 1317-1330 |
Successor | Gómez Manrique |
Orders | |
Consecration | 30 April 1318 by Niccolò Alberti |
Personal details | |
Born | 1262 France |
Died | 20 October 1330 (age 68) Santiago de Compostela, Spain |
Nationality | French |
Previous post | Master of the Order of Preachers (1312–1317) |
As Master General
As Archbishop
On 15 July 1317, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope John XXII as Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela.[6][7] On 30 April 1318, he was consecrated bishop by Niccolò Alberti, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia e Velletri.[6] He took until 1322 to take possession as Archbishop, there being a Galician rival.[8] He had to reside at some time at Noia,[9] where he held a synod.[10] His takeover was a violent affair.[11] He served as Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela until his death on 20 Oct 1330.[6] While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Gonzalo Núñez de Novoa, Bishop of Orense (1320) and Rodrigo Ibáñez, Bishop of Lugo (1320).[6] He is remembered also for the building work he initiated on the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, and relics.[12] One of the cathedral towers bears his name.
Works
His Lumen animæ, seu liber moralitatum Magnarum rerum naturalium was printed in 1482 by Matthias Farinator.
- Editions
Hechos de Don Berenguel de Landoria, Arzobispo de Santiago: Introduccion, Edicion Critica y Traduccion (1983) Manuel C. Díaz y Díaz, translation of the chronicle Gesta Berengarii de Landoria archiepiscopi Compostellani