Peter of Tarantasia
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Saint Pierre de Tarentaise O. Cist. |
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| Archbishop of Tarentaise | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Tarentaise |
| See | Tarentaise |
| Appointed | September 1141 |
| Term ended | 14 September 1174 |
| Predecessor | Bozon |
| Successor | Isdrael |
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| Consecration | 1141 |
| Rank | Archbishop |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Pierre |
| Born | 1102 Saint-Maurice-l'Exil, Kingdom of France |
| Died | 14 September 1174 (aged 72) Bellevaux Abbey, Cirey, Franche-Comté, Kingdom of France |
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| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Canonized | 10 May 1191 Old Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, Papal States by Pope Celestine III |
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| Patronage | Tarentaise |
Saint Pierre de Tarentaise (1102 – 14 September 1174) was a French Roman Catholic abbot who served as the Archbishop of Tarentaise from 1141 until his death. His example in his childhood and adolescence became so pious to those he knew that his parents and siblings all followed him into the religious life. He served as an abbot for a new cloister and tried to refuse an elevation to the episcopate though his superiors and Saint Bernard of Clairvaux insisted that he accept the position. But his heart grieved at the loss of his simple and pious life as a monk and he once ran to a convent to hide in seclusion to live out that dream. He was discovered and forced to return to his duties where he removed all corrupt and immoral priests and took special care of the poor and the ill sometimes endangering his own life in severe weather as he tended to the poor and homeless.
Pierre died in 1174 as he attempted to mediate between feuding monarchs after a serious but brief illness. Miracles were reported at his tomb after his death and this led Pope Celestine III to canonize Pierre as a saint in mid-1191.
Pierre was born in 1102 at Saint-Maurice-l'Exil.
He joined the Cistercian monastic order circa 1122 and in so doing set a model for several other members of his household thus prompting his father and two brothers to follow him into the religious life. His mother and sister joined the Saint Paul convent in Izeaux. In 1132 he became the abbot of the Tamié convent in the Tarentaise area. In 1142 he accepted the position as the Archbishop of Tarentaise despite his great reluctance and the insistence of his superiors including Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. In his episcopal role he applied the Cistercian principles he had learned as an abbot to restore the diocese and met with a good deal of success since the diocese's management had declined and discipline lax. He removed corrupt priests (and elevated good priests to important pastoral positions) and promoted good education for all the faithful. He also made frequent visits to the faithful and even twice endangered his own life when he gave his cloak to people in severe weather.
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