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Bernard Délicieux
Bernard Délicieux (c. 1260-1270 1320) was a Spiritual Franciscan friar who resisted the Inquisition in Carcassonne and Languedoc region of southern France.
Early life.
Born in Montpellier, France sometime in 1260-1270, Délicieux joined the Franciscan Order in 1284 and worked in Paris prior to the start of the fourteenth century.
Agitator Of Languedoc.
In c. 1299, Délicieux became prior of the Franciscan convent in Carcassonne. In 1299, he led a revolt against the city's inquisitors, which
delivered the friar to inquisitor Jean de Beaune. Serving this harsh sentence, Délicieux died shortly thereafter in early 1320.
Bibliography.
- Jean-Louis Biget, "Autour de Bernard Délicieux. Franciscains et société en Languedoc entre 1295 et 1330", in « Mouvements Franciscains et société française. XIII-XX siècle », André Vauchez ed., Paris, Beauchesne, 1984.
- Barthélemy Hauréau, "Bernard Délicieux et l'Inquisition albigeoise, 1300-1320", Paris, Hachette, 1877.
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