Guillaume Adam ( la, Guillelmus Adae), also known in English as William Adam (died c. 1341), was a Dominican missionary, writer, and French

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archbishop. Adam served as the Papal missionary in

Persia Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

from 1314 to 1317, one of six Dominicans sent by

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to Persia. However, it is now thought that Adam was probably in Persia before 1314, during the pontificate of

Pope Clement V Pope Clement V ( la, Clemens Quintus; c. 1264 – 20 April 1314), born Raymond Bertrand de Got (also occasionally spelled ''de Guoth'' and ''de Goth''), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 5 June 1305 to his de ...

. He was transferred to

Smyrna Smyrna ( ; grc, Σμύρνη, Smýrnē, or , ) was a Greek city located at a strategic point on the Aegean coast of Anatolia. Due to its advantageous port conditions, its ease of defence, and its good inland connections, Smyrna rose to promi ...

in 1318, and served as their bishop. In 1322, he was promoted to archbishop of

Soltaniyeh Soltaniyeh ( fa, سلطانيه, also Romanized as Solţānīyeh, Solţāneyyeh, Sultaniye, and Sultānīyeh; also known as Sa‘īdīyeh; ) is the capital city of Soltaniyeh District of Soltaniyeh County, Zanjan Province, northwestern Iran. At ...

in Persia. On 26 October 1324, he was elected

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Antivari Bar (Montenegrin language, Montenegrin and Serbian language, Serbian: Бар, ; sq, Tivar; it, Antivari or ''Antibari'') is a coastal town and seaport in southern Montenegro. It is the capital of the Bar Municipality and a center for tourism ...

in the Old Doclea. After a disagreement with the Pope, Adam stepped down as archbishop in 1341. William wrote one treatise on the recovery of the Holy Land—''De modo sarracenos extirpandi '' in 1316/13717—and he has been put forward as the author of the anonymous '' Directorium ad passagium faciendum'', written in 1332.Antony R. Leopold, ''How to Recover the Holy Land: The Crusade Proposals of the Late Thirteenth and Early Fourteenth Centuries'' (Ashgate, 2000), p. 39.

Works

* ''De modo Sarracenos extirpandi'' (ca. 1316–1317) * ''Arbor caritatis'' * ''Sermones'' *? '' Directorium ad passagium faciendum'' (1332)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Guillaume Adam Archbishops of Antivari 14th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Serbia Roman Catholic archbishops of Izmir French Dominicans 14th-century French Roman Catholic bishops 1340s deaths Year of birth unknown Year of death uncertain