Bertrand de L'Isle-Jourdain (1227–1286) was the

bishop of Toulouse The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toulouse (–Saint Bertrand de Comminges–Rieux) ( la, Archidioecesis Tolosana (–Convenarum–Rivensis); French: ''Archidiocèse de Toulouse (–Saint-Bertrand de Comminges–Rieux-Volvestre)''; Occitan: ''A ...

from 1270 until his death. Bertrand was a son of Bernard Jordan, the

lord of L'Isle-Jourdain L'Isle-Jourdain ( oc, Ylla or ) was a lordship and then county near Gers in Gascony during the High Middle Ages. It took its name, Jourdain, from its crusading baron who was baptised in the River Jordan on the First Crusade. Its last count sold th ...

, and Indie, an illegitimate daughter of Count

Raymond V of Toulouse Raymond V ( oc, Ramon; c. 1134 – c. 1194) was Count of Toulouse from 1148 until his death in 1194. He was the son of Alphonse I of Toulouse and Faydida of Provence. Alphonse took his son with him on the Second Crusade in 1147. When Alpho ...

. He was born after the death of his father in 1227. In accordance with his father's will, he was given to the cathedral of Toulouse to be raised by the church. He was serving the cathedral as provost when Bishop Raymond du Fauga died on 19 October 1270.Odette Pontal
"De la défense à la pastorale de la foi: les épiscopats de Foulque, Raymond du Fauga et Bertrand de l'Isle-Jourdain à Toulouse"
''Cahiers de Fanjeaux'' 20 (1985): 175–197, at 192–193. Bertrand was unanimously elected to succeed Raymond. He was ordained a priest two days before his consecration as bishop. He joined the

Order of Saint Augustine The Order of Saint Augustine, ( la, Ordo Fratrum Sancti Augustini) abbreviated OSA, is a religious mendicant order of the Catholic Church. It was founded in 1244 by bringing together several eremitical groups in the Tuscany region who were fo ...

.Patrice Cabau
e–XIV^e siècles) et les lieux de leur sépulture: seconde partie"">"Les évêques de Toulouse (III^e–XIV^e siècles) et les lieux de leur sépulture: seconde partie"
''Mémoires de la Société archéologique du Midi de la France'' 60 (2000): 115–118. As bishop, he unsuccessfully defended his

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s' claim of exemption from service in the royal army. He began a reconstruction of the cathedral in the

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, devoting much of his personal wealth to the project. The choir and the chapels to its north and south were begun during his episcopate. After his death in 1286, he became the first bishop of Toulouse to be buried in the cathedral.Patrice Cabau
e–XIV^e siècles) et les lieux de leur sépulture: seconde partie"">"Les évêques de Toulouse (III^e–XIV^e siècles) et les lieux de leur sépulture: seconde partie"
''Mémoires de la Société archéologique du Midi de la France'' 60 (2000): 115–118.

Juan Gil de Zamora Juan Gil de Zamora ( – ), known in Latin as Aegidius Zamorensis, was a Castilian Franciscan friar and prolific writer of the literary circle around Alfonso X. He wrote hagiography, history, music theory, natural science, poetry and sermons. Li ...

dedicated his commentary on the '' Song of Songs'' to Bertrand.Klaus Reinhardt and Horacio Santiago Otero, ''Biblioteca Bíblica Ibérica Medieval'' (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 1986), p. 197. The in Toulouse is named after him.

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