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

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. He was closely associated with Pope Innocent III, and produced in 1209/10 a collection of his decretals, the ''Compilatio tertia'', as an active editor and competing with that of Bernardus Papiensis. He was sent in 1214 by Innocent to Provence, and there presided over the 1215 Council of Montpellier, directed against the

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and empowering Simon de Montfort. From there he took James I of Aragon to Catalonia.PDF
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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

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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