Zoen Tencarari

Zoen Tencarari[1] was an Italian canon lawyer, papal vice-legate, and bishop of Avignon from 1240 to about 1261. He taught at the University of Bologna,[2] where in 1256 he founded a college.[3] He glossed the Compilatio quinta, and brought Henry of Segusio to the see of Sisteron.[4]

He was a strong opponent of the Albigensians.[5] He presided at the Council of Albi of 1254.

He had work done to improve the residence of the bishops at Noves.[6]

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Notes

  1. Tancalari.; according to Girolamo Tiraboschi, Storia della letteratura italiana (1823), he was born c. 1200, and was named Giovanni.
  2. Relevance not found Archived October 16, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. Encyclopaedia Britannica 1911: "Universities" Archived March 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. Relevance not found Archived July 8, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
  5. Henry Charles Lea , A History of the Inquisition In The Middle Ages, 1888: ch. vii; "Église Catholique en Avignon": briefest mention as bishop of Avignon, 1241-1261. Archived October 10, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  6. Noves website
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