Pierre de Luxembourg

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    Pierre de Luxembourg (20 July 1369 – 2 July 1387) was a

    Bishop of Metz. He was made a cardinal of by an antipope, yet proclaimed "blessed" by the Catholic Church 140 years after his death.[1]

    Pierre was descended from nobles who secured his entrance into the

    anorexia as a result of his harsh self-imposed penances.[3][2]

    But both sides in the conflict recognized his deep holiness and his dedication to the people in Metz and elsewhere.[1] After many appeals for him to be beatified, Pope Clement VII beatified him on 9 April 1527.[3]

    Life

    Sforza places Avignon under the protection of Pierre during the plague outbreak.

    Pierre de Luxembourg was born in mid-1369 in

    Guido de Luxembourg (1340-1371) and Mahaut de Châtillon (1335-1378); the couple married circa 1354. His name originates from the fact that was a 5th generation descendant of Henry V, Count of Luxembourg, and thus belonged to the French branch of the House of Luxembourg. His parents died in his childhood (father when he was two and mother when he was four) which prompted his aunt Jeanne - the countess of Orgières - to raise him in Paris.[1][2]
    His siblings were:

    • Valeran (1355-12 April 1415)
    • Jean
      (c. 1370–1397)
    • André (1374-1396; later
      Bishop of Cambrai
      )
    • Marie (d. 1391)
    • Jeanne

    Pierre was the uncle to

    Louis de Luxembourg and the quasi-cardinal Thibault de Luxembourg; he was the great-granduncle of Philippe de Luxembourg.[3]

    In 1381 he travelled to

    priesthood.[1][3]

    In 1377 he was to the

    Notre Dame de Paris. In 1381 he became a canon for the cathedral chapter of Notre Dame de Chartres and was made Archdeacon of Dreux in the Chartres diocese. In 1382 he was elected Archdeacon for Cambrai.[3]

    In 1384 the episcopal see of Metz became vacant. The selection of a new bishop was complicated by the Western Schism in which the Kingdom of France supported Antipope Clement VII while the Holy Roman Emperor supported Pope Urban VI. The antipope named Pierre as Bishop of Metz in 1384 and he was enthroned there that September entering barefoot on a mule. He divided diocesan revenues into thirds: the first two were for the Church and the poor and the third for his household.[1][2] He was able to take Metz with armed troops for a brief period of time but was forced to withdraw sometime in 1385. About this time Pope Urban VI named Tilman Vuss de Bettenburg as the legitimate Bishop of Metz.

    After King Charles VI and Duke John of Berry asked the antipope to make Pierre a cardinal, he was made T cardinal deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro on 15 April 1384. During his time as a pseudocardinal he attempted without success to end the Western Schism.[3] The antipope invited Pierre on 23 September 1386 to join him at his court in Avignon where he remained until his death.[2]

    Pierre died in mid-1387 from

    paupers were. In 1387, the mystic Marie Robine was reportedly healed at his tomb.[4] On 16 March 1395, his brother Jean ordered the construction of a church dedicated to the sainted Pope Celestine V and Pierre's remains were transferred there.[3]

    Beatification

    The subject of his canonization was raised at the

    Council of Basel but without a solid conclusion. In 1432 he was named the patron saint of Avignon. The vice-legate Sforza placed the city under his protection during a 1640 plague outbreak. His cult following included Metz and Paris in addition to Verdun and Luxembourg. In 1597 his relics were taken to Paris where they were damaged during the French Revolution; some relics remain in Saint Didier in Avignon. In 1629 Pope Urban VIII allowed the Carthusians to celebrate a Mass and the Divine Office
    in his name.

    His beatification had been requested on numerous occasions. Queen Maria of Naples made one such request on 1 February 1388 as did several other nobles and princes. The process was opened on numerous occasions but faced frequent interruptions (1389 and 1390 and later 1433 and 1435). Pope Clement VII beatified Pierre on 9 April 1527 (some sources suggest 24 March).[3][2]

    References

    1. ^ a b c d e f g "Blessed Peter of Luxembourg". Saints SQPN. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
    2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Blessed Peter of Luxembourg". Santi e Beati. Retrieved 9 October 2017.[dead link]
    3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Salvador Miranda. "Consistory of April 15, 1384 (IV)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Retrieved 9 October 2017.[dead link]
    4. ISBN 0-520-22464-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
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