Bertrand of Comminges

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Saint Bertrand
Bishop of Comminges
Bornc.1050
L'Isle-Jourdain, France
Died1126
Lugdunum Convenarum, (now known as Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges), France
Venerated inCatholic Church
Beatifiedca. 1220 by Pope Honorius III
Canonized1309 by Pope Clement V
Major shrineSaint-Bertrand-de-Comminges Cathedral
Feast16 October
PatronageCommune of Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges

Bertrand of Comminges (c. 1050 - 1126) was

Bishop of Comminges, in the diocese of Toulouse, France. It is after him that the commune of Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges
, is named.

Early life

Bertrand de l'Isle was born at L'Isle-Jourdain, in 1050, to Raymond Atton, who was a military officer[1] and Lord of L'Isle-Jourdain, and Gervaise Emma Taillefer, daughter of Count William III Taillefer de Toulouse. William IV and Raymond IV of Saint-Gilles, were his cousins. Bertrand was raised to be a knight but in adulthood he entered religious life.

Religious life

Bertrand became a canon of Saint Augustine in Toulouse, and then successively archdeacon of Toulouse (circa 1070) and

Lugdunum Convenarum (taking office between 1078 and 1080). In this role, which he maintained until his death, he implemented in his mountain diocese principles of the Gregorian reform, both in regard to the discipline of clergy as religious and moral life of the laity. He participated in the reform councils of Bordeaux (1093), Clermont (1095) and Poitiers (1100).[2]

During his long episcopate, almost half a century,[3] the city of Lugdunum Convenarum - which would later take his name,

World Heritage Sites of the Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
.

Death and legacy

Tomb of Saint Bertrand

Upon his death he was considered a saint in that locale.

Bishop of Comminges, lifted Bertrand to the sainthood. A magnificent tomb was built in their honor by Cardinal Pierre de Foix
, who occupied the episcopal seat of Comminges from 1422 to 1442.

Notes

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  1. ^ St. Bertrand of Comminges Catholic Online
  2. ^ a b "Bertrand del 'Isle Jurdain", Parish of Saint-Bertrand
  3. ^ Monks of Ramsgate. "Bertrand of Comminges". Book of Saints 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 1 September 2012 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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