Peter of Benevento[1] (died in September 1219 or 1220) was an Italian canon lawyer, papal legate and cardinal.[2]

He was closely associated with Pope Innocent III, and produced in 1209/10[3] a collection of his decretals, the Compilatio tertia, as an active editor[4] and competing with that of Bernardus Papiensis.[5]

He was sent in 1214 by Innocent to Provence, and there presided over the 1215 Council of Montpellier, directed against the Albigensians and empowering Simon de Montfort.[6] From there he took James I of Aragon to Catalonia.[7]

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  1. ^ Peter Beneventano, Petrus Beneventanus, Peter of Douai, Pierre Duacensis.
  2. ^ In 1212
  3. ^ The Early Humiliati
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2000-09-19. Retrieved 2007-03-29.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "BioBib Report".
  6. ^ Appendix 5: St. Dominic and the Pope in 1215 Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ PDF



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