Английская Википедия:Hugh of La Tour-du-Pin
Hugh of La Tour-du-Pin[1] (1197/1198 – December 1249) was the bishop of Clermont from 1227 until his death.Шаблон:Sfn
Hugh was a son of Albert, lord of La Tour-du-Pin, and Marie d'Auvergne.Шаблон:Sfn He is called magister, showing that he had a formal education. Before his election as bishop, he was the prior of the Cluniac abbey of Sauxillanges, where many members of his family had served as prior. By 1227, he was also the provost of Clermont and a subdeacon. That year, he was elected to succeed his uncle, Robert of Auvergne, as bishop of Clermont after the latter was transferred to the archdiocese of Lyon. Since he was at the time only twenty-nine years old, Pope Gregory IX appointed him diocesan administrator on 30 April 1227. He was confirmed as bishop after he turned thirty.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
In 1229, Hugh, with Bishop Milo of Beauvais, brought French troops to Italy at the request of Gregory IX to fight against Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, in the so-called War of the Keys.Шаблон:Sfn In 1242, during the Saintonge War, King Louis IX sent Hugh, joined by Humbert of Beaujeu, to harass the possessions of the rebellious Count Raymond VII of Toulouse in the Quercy.Шаблон:Sfn Raymond surrendered the castles of Saverdun and Bram to Hugh and Humbert.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
In 1243, Pope Innocent IV suspended Hugh and placed him under interdict for failing to attend a synod of the ecclesiastical province of Bourges, whose authority Hugh refused to recognize.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn In 1245, Hugh attended the ecumenical council of Lyon.Шаблон:Sfn
In 1246, Hugh completed construction on a Dominican convent in Clermont, although it burned down in 1398. That year, Innocent IV granted him an indulgence for his contribution to the construction of a Franciscan convent in Brioude. On 26 April 1248, Hugh attended the dedication of Louis IX's Sainte-Chapelle in Paris.Шаблон:Sfn He is usually thought to have initiated the construction of the current Gothic cathedral of Clermont after seeing Sainte-Chapelle, but there is evidence that preparation for a new cathedral was underway as early as 1244.Шаблон:Sfn The design of the new cathedral was the work of the architect Шаблон:Ill.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
Hugh joined the Seventh Crusade under Louis IX, embarking at Aigues-Mortes on 26 August 1248.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Before leaving, he ceded part of the episcopal palace complex to the cathedral chapter for the new construction.Шаблон:Sfn He died in Egypt in December 1249.[2] He was succeeded as bishop by his nephew, Guy.Шаблон:Sfn
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- ↑ Шаблон:Harvnb, gives his name in French as Hugues or Hues de la Tour and in Latin as Hugo de Turre.
- ↑ Various days are given: 23 (Шаблон:Harvnb), 28 (Шаблон:Harvnb) and 29 (Шаблон:Harvnb).
