Pierre de Luxembourg | |
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| Pseudocardinal Bishop of Metz | |
 Vision of Peter of Luxembourg by the Master of the Avignon, circa 1450 | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Metz |
| See | Metz |
| Appointed | 10 February 1384 |
| Installed | September 1384 |
| Term ended | 2 July 1387 |
| Predecessor | Therri Bayer de Boppard |
| Successor | Raoul de Coucy |
| Other post(s) | Pseudocardinal-Priest of San Giorgio in Velabro (1384-1387)[1] |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | c. 1379 |
| Consecration | c. 1384 |
| Created cardinal | 15 April 1384 by Antipope Clement VII |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Pierre de Luxembourg 19 July 1369[2] |
| Died | 2 July 1387 (aged 17) Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, Avignon, Kingdom of France |
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| Sainthood | |
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| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 9 April 1527 Old Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, Papal States by Pope Clement VII |
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Pierre de Luxembourg (19 July 1369 – 2 July 1387) was a French Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Metz. He is venerated in the Catholic Church as a blessed, having been beatified by Pope Clement VII, 140 years after his death.[3]
Pierre was descended from nobles who secured his entrance into the priesthood when he started to serve in several places as a canon before he was named as the Bishop of Metz and a pseudocardinal under an antipope. He was noted for his austerities and successes in diocesan reform as well as for his dedication to the faithful and tried to end the Western Schism that pitted pope against antipope and rulers against rulers.[3] His efforts were in vain and he was soon driven from Metz but moved to southern France where he died as a result of his harsh self-imposed penances.
Both sides in the conflict recognized his deep holiness and his dedication to the people in Metz and elsewhere.[3] After many appeals for him to be beatified, Pope Clement VII beatified him on 9 April 1527.
- ^ a b "Bishop Bl. Pierre de Luxembourg", Catholic Hierarchy
- ^ "Blessed Peter of Luxembourg, bishop.", Saints of the Diocese of Nîmes
- ^ a b c "Blessed Peter of Luxembourg". Saints SQPN. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2017.