Bérenger de Landore
French Dominican and archbishop
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Bérenger de Landore (also Berengar of Landorra, of Landorre; Berenguel de Landoria, Landória, or Landoira) (1262–1330) was a French Dominican, who became Master of the Order of Preachers (1312–1317), and then Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (1317-1330). He was from a noble family of southern France.
Most Reverend Bérenger de Landore | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela |
| In office | 1317-1330 |
| Successor | Gómez Manrique |
| Previous post | Master of the Order of Preachers (1312–1317) |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 30 April 1318 by Niccolò Alberti |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1262 France |
| Died | 20 October 1330 (age 68) |
| Nationality | French |
As Master General
As Master General, he set up the Friars Pilgrim missionaries.[1] He set the trend towards Thomism as central to Dominican theology;[2] and campaigned against that of Durandus of Saint-Pourçain.[3][4] He asked Bernard Gui to compose a replacement for the Golden Legend of Jacobus de Voragine.[5]
As Archbishop
On 15 July 1317, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope John XXII as Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela.[6][7] On 30 April 1318, he was consecrated bishop by Niccolò Alberti, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia e Velletri.[6] He took until 1322 to take possession as Archbishop, there being a Galician rival.[8][9] He had to reside at some time at Noia,[10] where he held a synod.[citation needed] His takeover was a violent affair.[11] He served as Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela until his death on 20 Oct 1330.[6] While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Gonzalo Núñez de Novoa, Bishop of Orense (1320) and Rodrigo Ibáñez, Bishop of Lugo (1320).[6] He is remembered also for the building work he initiated on the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, and relics.[12] One of the cathedral towers bears his name.
Works
His Lumen animæ, seu liber moralitatum Magnarum rerum naturalium was printed in 1482 by Matthias Farinator.
Further reading
- Lumen animæ, seu liber moralitatum Magnarum rerum naturalium (in Latin). Matthias Farinator. 1482.
- Díaz y Díaz, Manuel C., ed. (1983). Hechos de Don Berenguel de Landoria, Arzobispo de Santiago: Introduccion, Edicion Critica y Traduccion (in Spanish).
translation of the chronicle Gesta Berengarii de Landoria archiepiscopi Compostellani
