Baldwin (archbishop of Pisa)
Baldwin (died 6 October 1145) was a
He was then elected to succeed
In a letter of 22 April 1138, Innocent conferred on Baldwin the
From 1140 to 1142, Baldwin was in conflict over the comital rights in and around Pisa. From 1138, he had been in a war with the
On 10 November 1144, Baldwin sent aid to Gonario II of Torres in a war against Comita II of Arborea. In 1145, he was created apostolic legate over all Sardinia and Corsica. He established the legatine seat in Torres, and excommunicating Comita – for oppressing the people and warring against Pisa – and transferring to Gonario the supreme secular authority on the island and personal authority in Arborea. Bernard of Clairvaux even weighed into island politics and sent a letter to Pope Eugene III justifying Baldwin's actions. Baldwin died later that very year and Montignoso was returned to Lucca.
References
- ^ This is according to Klaus Ganzer, Die Entwicklung des auswärtigen Kardinalats in hohen Mittelalter, Tübingen 1963, p. 90. Other sources say that he was created cardinal in the Council of Clermont in November 1130 and that he was the first Cistercian Cardinal.[1] Archived 23 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ According to Ganzer, 90, Baldwin's nomination as archbishop of Pisa took place in the middle of April 1138. Other sources give the year 1137.[2] Archived 23 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Sources
- Ghisalberti, Alberto M. (ed) Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani: V Bacca – Baratta. Rome, 1963.