Arnaldo de Peralta
Arnaldo de Peralta was a 13th-century Bishop of Zaragoza in Spain and Aragonese statesman. He was archdeacon of Lledó before being appointed a Bishop.[1] On 1 Jun 1243 he was appointed Bishop of Valencia, Spain and on 25 Aug 1248 was translated to the see of Zaragoza. He died Bishop of Zaragoza, July 1271.[2] [3]
Career
He was a vigorous and pragmatic church leader in a formative age for modern Spain and an era of slipping church control.
- He was Chancellor to James I of Aragon at the Treaty of Almizra,[4] and was a key advisor to the King.
- He sought unsuccessfully to negotiate with the remaining Moors in Aragon.
- A shortage of clergy during his Bishopric led Arnaldo de Peralta to grant religious orders permission to receive bequests and sell burial spots in monasteries.
- He also endeavoured to protect church property, and the waiver of breaches of priestly celibacy by clerics.
He called a Synod early in his Bishopric and also attended the Council of Tarragona (May 1, 1246). He also built a number of churches, including a few on the site of former Mosques.[5]
He was transferred to the bishopric of Zaragoza, on the death of Rodrigo de Ahonés (2-2-1248),[6] and during his time here Saint Domingo de el Val (1243-1250), was martyred on the 31 August 1250. Arnaldo de Peralta died in Zaragoza in July 1271, and was succeeded by Sancho de Peralta.[7]
References
- ^ Hortulus, Hortulus Journal, Volume 8, Number 1 p62.
- ^ Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Vol. 1, pp. 512, & 153
- ^ Episcopologio Español, Vol. 1500, p. 295, No. 86.
- ^ Robert Ignatius Burns, Paul Edward Chevedden, Negotiating Cultures: Bilingual Surrender Treaties on the Crusader-Muslim Frontier Under James the Conqueror, (Brill, 1999) page 148.
- ^ D. Arnaldo de Peralta (1243-1248) .
- ^ according to apostolic letters that gave October 24, 1248, and carrying date of August 25, 1248.
- ^ de Peralta at GCatholic.org.