Guglielmo da Villanova di Francia or di Franchi, O. Min. (Latin: Guilelmus de Villanova) (French: Guillaume de Villeneuve) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Trieste (1327–1330), Bishop of Sagone (1323–1327), and as an auxiliary bishop of Khanbalik.[1]
Most Reverend Guglielmo da Villanova | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Trieste | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Diocese of Trieste |
| In office | 1327–1330 |
| Previous post(s) | Bishop of Sagone (1323–1327) auxiliary bishop of Khanbalik (1308–?) |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 1307 by Nicolò Albertini |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 1330 Trieste |
Biography
editVilleneuve was most likely from Villeneuve-les-Avignon.[2]
On 23 July 1307,[2] he was named by Pope Clement V along with six other Franciscan bishops (Andrew of Perugia, Andreuccio d'Assisi, Gerardo Albuini, Nicola da Banzia, Ulrico von Seyfriedsdorf, and Peregrino da Castello)[3] to travel to China to consecrate John of Montecorvino as Archbishop of Khanbalik.[2] He was consecrated in the same year by Niccolò Alberti, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia.[4] He was unable to leave with the others and on 1 May 1308, Pope Clement V, instead ordered him to leave for Tartaria sine dilatione qualibet (without any delay).[2]
Although in January 1318, he appeared at the court of the Pope in Avignon (alongside Girolamo Catalano, former auxiliary bishop of Khanbalik and the first Bishop of Caffa, a Genoese colony in Crimea) using the title Episcopus apud Tartaros or "Bishop at Tartary" or "Bishop among Tartars", he remained a suffragan bishop of Montecorvino and did not hold an episcopal jurisdiction.[2] It is uncertain whether he actually travelled to China where Montecorvino was resident or was assigned a geographic area of responsibility with it being most likely that he worked as a missionary bishop traveling throughout the regions occupied by the Mongols.[2]
On 28 Feb 1323, he was appointed by Pope John XXII as Bishop of Sagone.[2] In 1324, he travelled with papal legate Bertrand du Pouget during the Papal Army's intervention in Lombardy.[2]
On September 25, 1327, he was transferred to the diocese of Trieste.[2] He died in Trieste in 1330.[2]
References
edit- ^ Eubel, Konrad (1913). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. I (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 428 and 477. (in Latin)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Golubovich, Girolamo (January 1919). Biblioteca Bio - Bibliografica Della Terra Santa E Dell'Oriente Francescano. pp. 122–123.
- ^ Lanciotti, Lionello (1959). "ANDREA DA PERUGIA, VESCOVO DI CH'ÜAN-CHOU (ZAYTON)". Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente (5): 93–98. JSTOR 40855782.
- ^ Cheney, David M. "Bishop Guillaume de Villeneuve (Franchi), O.F.M. †". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved October 22, 2022. [self-published]
External links
edit- Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Sagone (Sagona)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved October 30, 2022. [self-published]
- Chow, Gabriel. "Titular Episcopal See of Sagone (France)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved October 30, 2022. [self-published]
- Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Trieste". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved October 30, 2022. [self-published]
- Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Trieste (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved October 30, 2022. [self-published]
