Blessed Pierre de Castelnau | |
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![]() Death of Pierre de Castelnau, from a 14th-century miniature | |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | 15 January 1208 Saint-Gilles-du-Gard, France |
Sainthood | |
Beatified | 1208 by Pope Innocent III |
Pierre de Castelnau (? - died 15 January 1208), French ecclesiastic, made papal legate in 1199 to address the Cathar heresy, he was subsequently murdered in 1208. Following his death Pope Innocent III beatified him by papal order, excommunicated Count Raymond VI of Toulouse, and declared the Albigensian crusade.