Peter of Benevento (died in September 1219 or 1220) was an Italian

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, papal legate and cardinal. He was closely associated with

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, and produced in 1209/10 a collection of his

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, the ''Compilatio tertia'', as an active editor and competing with that of

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. He was sent in 1214 by Innocent to

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, and there presided over the 1215 Council of Montpellier, directed against the Albigensians and empowering

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. From there he took

James I of Aragon James I the Conqueror ( es, Jaime el Conquistador, ca, Jaume el Conqueridor; 2 February 1208 – 27 July 1276) was King of Aragon and Lord of Montpellier from 1213 to 1276; King of Majorca from 1231 to 1276; and Valencia from 1238 to 12 ...

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References

* K. Pennington, ''The Making of a Decretal Collection: The Genesis of Compilatio tertia''. Proceedings of the Fifth International Congress of Medieval Canon Law Salamanca (1980) * James M. Powell, ''Innocent III and Petrus Beneventanus: Reconstructing a Career at the Papal Curia'', in Pope Innocent II and His World (1999) editor John C. Moore * Werner Maleczek, ''Papst und Kardinalskolleg von 1191 bis 1216'', Vienna 1984

Notes

13th-century deaths People from Benevento 13th-century Italian cardinals Cardinal-bishops of Sabina Cardinals created by Pope Innocent III 13th-century Italian jurists Canon law jurists Year of birth unknown {{Italy-law-bio-stub