Arnaud Amalric

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Arnaud Amalric was a 13th-century Cistercian abbot and papal legate infamous for his brutal leadership during the Albigensian Crusade, including the massacre at Béziers.

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Arnaud Amalric canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic clergyman ⓘ
Cistercian abbot ⓘ
human ⓘ
papal legate ⓘ
allegiance Papacy ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
appointedBy Pope Innocent III ⓘ
associatedWith massacres of heretics and Catholics alike at Béziers ⓘ
causeOfNotoriety association with indiscriminate massacre of Béziers inhabitants ⓘ
brutal conduct during the Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 13th century ⓘ
clergyRank abbot ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France ⓘ
deathPlace Kingdom of France ⓘ
ethnicGroup French ⓘ
floruit early 13th century ⓘ
historicalDebate authenticity and exact wording of the Béziers quote are disputed by historians ⓘ
historicalReputation infamous for religious intolerance and brutality ⓘ
ideology militant defense of Catholic orthodoxy ⓘ
knownFor leadership during the massacre at Béziers ⓘ
role in the Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
languageOfQuote Latin ⓘ
memberOf Cistercian Order ⓘ
linked to: Cistercians
movement medieval crusading movement against internal heresy ⓘ
notableEvent Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
massacre at Béziers ⓘ
siege of Béziers ⓘ
notableQuote Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius. ⓘ
occupation abbot ⓘ
papal legate ⓘ
participatedIn Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
campaign against the Cathars ⓘ
positionHeld Abbot of Cîteaux ⓘ
papal legate to the Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
primaryOpponents Albigensians ⓘ
linked to: Catharism

Cathars ⓘ
linked to: Catharism
quoteAttributedContext response about distinguishing heretics during the sack of Béziers ⓘ
regionOfActivity Languedoc ⓘ
southern France ⓘ
linked to: Southern France
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousConflictInvolved suppression of Catharism in Languedoc ⓘ
religiousOrder Cistercians ⓘ
roleInEvent ecclesiastical leader of crusading forces at Béziers ⓘ
papal representative in the Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
servedUnder Pope Innocent III ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Albigensian Crusade → notableCommander → Arnaud Amalric ⓘ
Massacre at Béziers → commander → Arnaud Amalric ⓘ
Massacre at Béziers → quoteAttributedTo → Arnaud Amalric ⓘ
Siege of Carcassonne (1209) → commander → Arnaud Amalric ⓘ
siege of Béziers → commander → Arnaud Amalric ⓘ
siege of Béziers → attributedTo → Arnaud Amalric ⓘ