Aubry (or Alberic) of Humbert (d. 24 December 1218) was the Archbishop of Reims from 1207 to 1218. He was a warrior prelate, participating in both the Albigensian Crusade of 1209 and the Fifth Crusade. Upon his return, he was captured in Lisbon, then rescued by the Order of Calatrava.[1]
An inscription states that he laid the first stone of the Reims cathedral on 6 May 1211,[2][3] though there are doubts about his presence at the ceremony.[4]
References
edit- ^ P. Fournier (1912). "Albéric de Humbert". In Baudrillart, Alfred (ed.). Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques (in French). Vol. 1. Paris: Letouzey et Ané. p. 1409.
- ^ Jadart, H. (1898). "Les inscriptions commémoratives de la construction d'églises dans la région rémoise et ardennaise". Bulletin Monumental (in French). 63: 194. doi:10.3406/bulmo.1898.11155.
- ^ "Albéric de Humbert, archevêque de Reims, avec l'architecte de la cathédrale". Musées de Reims (in French).
- ^ Branner, Robert (January 1961). "Historical Aspects of the Reconstruction of Reims Cathedral, 1210-1241". Speculum. 36 (1). U. of Chicago press: 24. doi:10.2307/2849842. JSTOR 2849842.
