Berenguer de Cruïlles

Berenguer de Cruïlles
Berenguer de Cruïlles features in a relief at the Cathedral of Girona
1st President of the Deputation of the General of Catalonia
In office
1359–1362
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byRomeu Sescomes [ca]
Personal details
Born~ 1310
Peratallada ?, Principality of Catalonia
Died1362
Barcelona, Principality of Catalonia
Bishop of Girona
SeeGirona
In office22 March 1349–26 July 1362
PredecessorArnau de Mont-rodon
SuccessorÈnnec de Vallterra
Plaque dedicated to Berenguer de Cruïlles at the Catalan government building in Barcelona, reading: The Generalitat de Catalunya was created at the Corts of Cervera in 1359. Berenguer de Cruïlles was its first president.

Berenguer de Cruïlles (Peratallada, 1310 – Barcelona, 1362) was the bishop of Girona (1349–1362) and the first president of the Generalitat de Catalunya (1359–1362), nominated by the Catalan Courts held in Cervera in 1359.[1][2]

De Cruïlles was born around 1310 in Peratallada, a town in eastern Catalonia, and died in Barcelona in 1362. He was a member of the clergy at the See of Girona in 1321, canon in 1330, precentor in 1336, abbot of Sant Feliu in 1342, and was finally appointed bishop by Pope Clement VI. He was a fervent supporter of the excommunication of Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Empúries, uncle of the king. In 1357, he gave financial aid for the completion of the gold and wrought silver altarpiece for the cathedral, begun by his predecessor, bishop Gilabert de Cruïlles (1334–35).[3] He was a pioneer inquisitor and a persecutor of heretics.[3]

References

  1. ^ Adam J. Kosto (3 May 2001). Making Agreements in Medieval Catalonia: Power, Order, and the Written Word, 1000-1200. Cambridge University Press. pp. 254–. ISBN 978-0-521-79239-4. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  2. ^ Solé i Sabaté, Josep M. (2003). Història de la Generalitat de Catalunya i els seus presidents (3 vol.). Generalitat de Catalunya. ISBN 978-84-412-0883-4.
  3. ^ a b Paola Tartakoff (17 April 2012). Between Christian and Jew: Conversion and Inquisition in the Crown of Aragon, 1250-1391. University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 200–. ISBN 978-0-8122-4421-2. Retrieved 21 December 2012.

Further reading

  • Història de la Generalitat de Catalunya i els seus Presidents. Barcelona: Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2003. ISBN 84-412-0884-0


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