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Bertrand de la Tour (1265? – 1332 or 1333), also known as Bertrand de Turre, was a French Franciscan theologian and cardinal.[1]
De la Tour was born in Camboulit in the old province of Quercy, France. Serving as a provincial minister in Aquitaine from 1312 onwards he became a leading opponent of the Franciscan Spirituals.[1] He undertook diplomatic missions for Pope John XXII with Bernard Gui from 1317–1318. After this time, he was asked to aid in evaluating the heresy of Peter Olivi.[1] De la Tour was made Archbishop of Salerno and then Cardinal of San Vitale in 1320. In 1323 De la Tour was appointed cardinal bishop of Tusculum.[2]
After the deposition of Michael of Cesena in 1328, on John XXII's behest de la Tour acted as vicar general of the Franciscan Order.[1]
He was nicknamed "Doctor famosus".
- ^ a b c d Patrick Nold (2003). Pope John XXII and his Franciscan Cardinal: Bertrand de la Tour and the Apostolic Poverty Controversy. Oxford.
- ^ Moorman, John H. R. (1968). A History of the Franciscan Order from its Origins to the Year 1517 (1st ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 321. ISBN 978-0819909213.