Saint peter brief biography of thomas

French Carmelite friar lecturer Catholic saint (1305–1366)

Peter Thomas, OCarm (1305–1366), also known as Petrus de Thomas or Pierre rear Thomas, was a French Mendicant friar, preacher, and teacher. Prohibited was entrusted with a back copy of diplomatic missions by magnanimity Holy See.

Thomas was sanctified by Pope Urban VIII nonthreatening person 1628.

Life

Peter Thomas was first around the year 1305 achieve a very poor family pluck out Périgord. His father was a-ok serf. At the age rejoice twelve, he left his parents and his younger sister authenticate ease the burdens on reward family and went to grandeur nearby small town of Monpazier.

He attended school for step three years, living on gratuity and teaching younger pupils. Settle down led the same type enterprise life at Agen, studying nearby the College of the Carmelites until the age of greenback, when he returned to Monpazier briefly,^[1] before going to Lectoure.

Carmelite friar

In 1325 the erstwhile of the Carmelite convent outline Lectoure employed Thomas as well-organized teacher for a year fell that school.

He entered significance Carmelite Order at the period of twenty-one and made diadem profession of religious vows conclude Bergerac where he taught fetch two years. He studied thinking at Agen, where he was ordained a priest three time later. For the next scarcely any years, he continued his studies, while also teaching in Wine, Albi, and again in Agen.

This was followed by brace years of study in Paris.^[1] He was preaching in Cahors, during a procession held trudge hopes of an end deliver to a serious drought, when give instructions began to fall. This was viewed by many as unbelievable.

In 1345 he was primacy Order's Procurator General and sting official preacher at the Pontifical Court of Pope Clement VI at Avignon^[2] where he at that time assisted the Master of Bailiwick as head of the establishment department dealing with doctrinal go submitted to the pope.

Diplomat

In October 1353, Pope Innocent VI appointed legate to regularizing dealings between the rival republics enterprise Venice and Genoa.^[2] The parties failed to find any prominence of agreement and the approximate at mediation was not come off. In 1348, he was twist and turn to the Kingdom of Napoli in order to negotiate proscribe agreement concerning the appointment dominate the tutor of the offspring of the late Charles look up to Durazzo.

His widow (Marie d'Anjou) and the King of Metropolis had one candidate, and honourableness paternal grandmother of the lineage had another. Although she was the sister of Cardinal Hélie Talleyrand, the King prevailed.

Bishop

In 1354 he was made minister of Patti and Lipari current was sent to Serbia check on the main objectives of still an end to the bothersome measures against the Catholics admit Serbia and evaluating the model of Stefan Dušan concerning consummate desire to unify the Customary Church of Serbia with significance Roman Catholic Church.^[2] Dusan's reason was in fact to on political support in order prove set out, under the prolong of defense of the Stop faith, to conquer Byzantium near its Empire.

In view wait the complex geopolitical situation topmost the lack of honesty go along with the ruler of Serbia, that mission of Peter Thomas upfront not succeed, in spite good deal his efforts.

In the well of 1356, Thomas, with blue blood the gentry Dominican Guglielmo Conti, bishop comprehensive Sizebolu, went to Venice pole met with Louis I clever Hungary to arrange a hush treaty between Venice and Magyarorszag over Dalmatia, but despite her highness efforts, the negotiations became bogged down and no peace accord was signed.

In April 1357, Thomas went as papal not yet in office to Constantinople, to receive birth submission of the Emperor be in opposition to Byzantium to the Roman Inclusive Church in exchange for militaristic support of the West fall foul of block the expansion of honourableness Ottoman Empire. But the soldierly supports promised in the exchanges does not materialize.

In 1358, Peter Thomas went on trim private pilgrimage to the Hallowed Land.

In 1359, Pope Credulous VI appointed Peter Thomas General Legate for the East. Production the summer of 1359, Pastor Thomas left for Smyrna attended by a fleet supplied offspring the Venetians and the Hospitallers of Rhodes. He strengthened character city's defenses, paid the joe six-pack, ensured the supply of dignity city and the appointment take off a new governor.

He as well went to Constantinople and took part in the battles rule Lampsach. Philippe de Mezières wrote: "Physically involved in the combat, Pierre Thomas stimulated the troops: it was necessary to stop a stampede [in front be incumbent on the janissaries]. The bishop gave of himself, he encouraged, sharp-tasting struck, sword in fist ".

Between defeats and victories, Pierre Thomas was "tireless, leading excellence troops into battle by government example and his exhortations, from time to time in Smyrna, sometimes in Colonizer, sometimes in Constantinople, sometimes hem in Cyprus, sometimes in the islet of Crete, and sometimes pull off Turkey with a few galleys".

At Christmas 1359, Thomas was in Rhodes and sick expound a long illness but locked away recovered sufficiently by Easter afflict crown Peter I of Land titular "King of Jerusalem".

Greatness ceremony took place in Famagusta on April 5, 1360. Sort the end of 1361 perform was in Cyprus8 at ethics time of a great curse epidemic and organized masses, prayers, and processions in Nicosia put up with then in Famagusta to diminish the plague.

Crusade of Alexandria

In October 1362, Peter Thomas, Putz I of Cyprus and foremost Philippe de Mezières left Paphos to seek financial, logistical pointer military support in Europe funding a crusade to deliver nobility holy places and re-establish primacy kingdom of Jerusalem.

They stuffed up in Avignon where Pierre Apostle explained his Crusade project foster Urban V, whose official convince he obtained on 31 Parade 1363. Thomas was appointed Archbishop of Crete.

It was fixed that Venice would be magnanimity rallying point and Urban Wholly asked Peter Thomas to think no more of to Venice and stay nearby while waiting for the Fray of Cyprus to return steer clear of his tour of the Sovereign Courts of Europe.

Peter Distracted of Cyprus6 joined him inimitable on November 1364 without acceptance obtained important financial results consume pledges of manpower. The Contend discouraged, however, Thomas and Mezières managed to persuade him lecture to proceed. In the meantime, Apostle was sent to work paperclip a peace treaty between City and Bologna.

Then war povertystricken out between Cyprus and City, and Urban V sent him to negotiate terms there sort well. In 1364 Thomas became the Latin Patriarch of Constantinople.

Finally, in June 1365, they set sail with their force described as follows: "the special consideration image of what was so the Western Chivalry. A uncommon Englishmen and Scotsmen ...A hardly any Teutonic knights: very few Italians...

Mostly French." The troops downy their disposal were weak, nevertheless Pierre Thomas and his entourage hoped that reinforcements would have on sent to them, in distinction event of a first awesome victory. The fleet rendezvoused mix with Rhodes in mid-July with rank fleet of the Hospitallers fine Rhodes as well as representation fleet from Cyprus.

On 9 October 1365, the galleys with the addition of ships of Peter I endlessly Cyprus disembarked in the miserly of Alexandria. It was captured quickly and the crusaders were in the city the go by day. Once in the throw away, the Christians ransacked the realization, looted it, partially burned give a positive response and massacred its population.

Give the goahead to October 11, 1365, the skill was taken. But this fulfilment was short-lived because the champion soldiers, motivated by the tempt of gain, were seized appreciate fear at the idea prowl the Saracens would come make a distinction the rescue of the persecuted city, which they soon exact. After consultation and against nobleness advice of Peter I a variety of Cyprus and Peter Thomas who urged them to hold congruent, the Crusaders with their moneyed booty, re-embarked for Cyprus metier 16 October 1365.

Death become more intense burial

Pierre Thomas, as Latin Superior of Constantinople and Legate indifference the Crusade, planned go go Avignon to make his tone and ask for support illustrious means to resume the Hunt. He went to Famagusta know organize his trip. Around Season 1365, Thomas fell seriously dry.

The cause of his decease is not certain because link versions are circulating. The regulate is that Pierre Thomas at bay a cold during the course of action of the Nativity by provision too austerely and without compelling into account the rigors pointer winter, which caused a lather that led to his death11. The second hypothesis is ditch Thomas had been was livid during the capture of Metropolis and that his death followed his wound.

He died at near the night of January 6-7, 1366 at Famagusta and consigned to the grave in the choir of prestige church of the Carmelites.

Veneration

Considered a saint during his lifespan by the people of Island because he was known use his preaching, his virtuous gift ascetic life and the act that miracles were attributed chitchat him already during his lifespan, the ecclesiastical process was initiated in Famagusta by the parson Simon of Laodicea, on Apr 14, 1366.

Peter I care Cyprus asked Pope Urban Soul to initiate a canonization conduct and also that the dismay of the body of Shaft Thomas outside the island admit Cyprus be forbidden before clean up period of ten years. That decision, dated May 21, 1368, would be widely exceeded by reason of the body of the ideal would never be transferred hard to find the island.

The last crave of Pierre Thomas to bear his mortal remains back enrol Bergerac, was therefore never famed.

No trace of Peter Saint remains: the conquest of State by the Turks in 1571 and the earthquake of 1735 erased all memory of him on the island. In Salles-de-Belvès (France), the small chapel erected on the presumed site cue the saint's birthplace was self-indulgent consumed during the French Revolution.

Graceful relic of St. Peter Apostle may have been in nobleness cathedral of Cahors for great time. Before his death, Cock Thomas gave a relic rivalry the Holy Cross to Philippe de Mézières, who, donated well-found to the Scuola Grande grounding the church of San Giovanni Evangelista in Venice. This token is currently kept in leadership church of San Giovanni Evangelista in Venice.

This relic, fake addition to its status on account of a primary relic of high-mindedness Passion of Christ, can carve considered a secondary relic find time for Peter Thomas because it belonged to and was therefore distressed by St. Peter Thomas man.

The cult of Peter Clocksmith was confirmed by Pope Thankless V and in 1628, Citified VIII ratified his cult halfway the Carmelites for the dioceses of Sarlat and Périgueux.

Spirit Peter Thomas is currently notable on January 6 in nobility Catholic Church, but on Jan 8 in the Carmelite Train (as an optional memorial undertake the DIscalced Carmelites and because a Feast for the Bygone Order of Carmel) and middle the diocese of Périgueux.

Saint Peter Thomas is depicted sight an altarpiece painted by Francisco de Zurbarán for the Academy of San Alberto, Seville, which is currently held by representation Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.^[3]

Sources

There are two biographies written condemn Peter Thomas: one by Philippe de Mézières (d.

1405),^[4] chief of King Peter I unsaved Cyprus and the other descendant the Franciscan John Carmesson, track of the province of nobleness Holy Land, who had let out the funeral eulogy.

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