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Benedict of Alignan (died 1268) was

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of Nôtre Dame de la Grasse (1224) and

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(1239–1242 and 1260–1262), where he helped the

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build the great castle of Safet. Benedict founded a short-lived order, the Brothers of the Virgin, which was suppressed by the

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(1274), and died a

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. His writings include a letter to

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and ''De Summa Trinitate et Fide Catholica in Decretalibus'' (circa 1260). Someone in his following wrote ''

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''.

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References

* *Jonathan Rubin,
Benoit d’Alignan and Thomas Agni: Two Western Intellectuals and the Study of Oriental Christianity in 13th-century Kingdom of Jerusalem,"
Viator 44.1 (Spring, 2013), pp. 189–199. Attribution: * 1268 deaths Bishops of Marseille French abbots French Friars Minor French Benedictines 13th-century French Roman Catholic bishops Year of birth unknown Christians of the Barons' Crusade {{france-bishop-stub