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Bernardus Guidonis (Gui) 


Biography

 

  • Born in the Diocese of Limoges.
  • 1279: Order of Preachers
  • 1294-1297: Prior in Albi.
  • 1301: Prior of Carcassonne.
  • Until 1305: Prior in Castres and Limoges.
  • 1306: Inquisitor for 18 years and Procurator of the Order in Rome.
  • 1317: Sent to Italy and France by John XXII.
  • 1324: Bishop of Tuy and in the same year Bishop of Lodève.
  • Death: 29. December 1331.

 


Activities as Canonist

 


  • Tractatus de tempore celebrationis generalium et provincialium conciliorum
  • Practica officii inquisitorum
  • Liber sententiarum

 

 

Editions and Sources


 

  • MOLLAT G.: Manuel de l’inquisiteur, Les Classiques de l’histoire de France au Moyen Age, 2.Vol., Paris 1926-1927, reprinted 1964.
  • Bernard Gui on the Albigensians, Medieval Sourcebook (Fordham University).
  • THÉRY, Julien: Le livre des sentences de l’inquisiteur Bernard Gui, Lire le Moyen Âge, CNRS edition, Paris 2010.


 

Introductory Secondary Literature