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name

Henri de Marsiac / Henry of Albano

Heinrich von Clairvaux / von Albano

latin name

Henricus Claraevallensis

Henricus episcopus cardinalis Albanensis

baptismal name

born

approx. in 1136 at Marcy (F)

higher education

ordained priest

?

begin of monastic life

around 1156 in Clairvaux

responsibilities 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- in 1160 elected abbot of Hautecombe

- in 1176 elected 7th abbot of Clairvaux

- in 1178 preaching against the Albigenses

- member of the IIIth Lateran Council

- March 1179 created cardinal-bishop of Albano by Pope Alexander III

- March 14, 1179 consecrated bishop in S. Maria Narcissa

died

January 1 (or July 4/14), 1188 in Arras

buried

 

later in the abbey church of Clairvaux, between S. Bernard and S. Malachie

                                        

     

                                                                           

      

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