Philip of Majorca

Philip of Majorca (Catalan: Felip; 1288–1343) was an infante and a Franciscan who served as regent of the Kingdom of Majorca between 1324 and 1329. Both as a theologian and as regent, Philip was a noted supporter of the Beguines and Spiritual Franciscans, preaching poverty for all clerics. He spent a large part of his career unsuccessfully trying to establish a new Franciscan-based religious order.

Philip was the youngest of the four sons of King James II of Majorca and Esclaramunda of Foix. He was born into the exceptionally devout Roman Catholic House of Barcelona: his grandfather King James I resigned his crowns to become a Cistercian monk, his eldest brother James renounced his succession rights and joined the Franciscan order, and his sister Sancha's desire to enter a religious order prompted her to seek a dissolution of her marriage to King Robert of Naples.

While studying in Paris, Philip decided to join the Dominican Order. Soon, however, he realized that his desire for austerity and sympathy for the Beguines made him better suited to the Franciscan Third Order. Like his father, Philip was amiable towards Spiritual Franciscans. Specifically, he supported their campaign to impose poverty on all clerics, regardless of status, even after Pope John XXII denounced them as heretics in 1316. Following his studies, Philip became treasurer of Tours Cathedral, and later held certain canonries. He refused the offer of the Archbishopric of Tarragona, which his kinsman King James II of Aragon wanted for his son John.

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