Barnaba Cagnoli was an Italian friar from
Vercelli
Vercelli (; pms, Vërsèj ), is a city and ''comune'' of 46,552 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) in the Province of Vercelli, Piedmont, northern Italy. One of the oldest urban sites in northern Italy, it was founded, according to most historians, ...
. Two time provincial of
Lombardy
Lombardy ( it, Lombardia, Lombard language, Lombard: ''Lombardia'' or ''Lumbardia' '') is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in the northern-central part of the country and has a population of about 10 ...
from 1305 to 1313 and from 1319 to 1324. On 1313 was named inquisitor, in whose charge jealous defender of the faith with great honor he was shown and fame for the Order. After the finish of the second provinciality, he was appointed as
papal legate
300px, A woodcut showing Henry II of England greeting the pope's legate.
A papal legate or apostolic legate (from the ancient Roman title ''legatus'') is a personal representative of the pope to foreign nations, or to some part of the Catholic ...
in
Piedmont
it, Piemontese
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by
John XXII
Pope John XXII ( la, Ioannes PP. XXII; 1244 – 4 December 1334), born Jacques Duèze (or d'Euse), was head of the Catholic Church from 7 August 1316 to his death in December 1334.
He was the second and longest-reigning Avignon Pope, elected by ...
, reducing the princes and marquess from that region to the unit and the peace, therefore before they were separated of the Church and in war among itself. In 1324 he was elected
Master general of the Dominican Order
The Master of the Order of Preachers is the Superior General of the Order of Preachers, commonly known as the Dominicans.
The Master of the Order of Preachers is ''ex officio'' Grand Chancellor of the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aqui ...
, serving until 1332.
Italian Dominicans
Masters of the Order of Preachers
14th-century Italian Christian monks
People from Vercelli
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