Peter Bartholomew

Peter Bartholomew († April 20, 1099 ) was a penniless French monk and mystic, who accompanied the knights on the First Crusade.

In December 1097, during the siege of Antioch, he reported visions, mostly of St. Andrew, which he did. Peter reported that St. Andrew had led him to the church of St. Peter in Antioch, and showed him where the Holy Lance could be found. St. Andrew instructed Peter to inform the leaders of the crusade about it, and to pass the lance Raymond IV of Toulouse, when they would be found. Peter taught Raimund or the other leaders immediately, waited four more visions, until June 1098th Since February 1098, he lost his eyesight, perhaps due to the famine with which the Crusaders had to fight, in his opinion, but as a punishment by the Saints.

After the Crusaders had conquered Antioch, Peter and Raymond began to dig up the floor of the church. On June 14, 1098 Peter discovered the lance, pretended at night again a vision of St. Andrew to have had, who told him to set up a feast in honor of the discovery. Many people, including the Apostolic legate Adhemar de Monteil, thought Peter was a charlatan who had only brought a piece of iron, in order to find it here. After Adhemar's death later in the year, Peter said, Adhemar visited him to confirm the authenticity of his lance.

The discovery of the lance was initially viewed as a good omen, they boosted the morale of the crusaders, as they were themselves besieged by a Muslim army. The lance was said to have secured the Christian victory at this siege, as did St. Andrew promised. However, Peters suffered reputation, especially since many of the nobles to his information did not believe. Later he stated that Jesus had instructed him to leave the Crusaders go barefoot to Jerusalem, but this was largely ignored. Other visions of Jesus, Andrew, Adhemar and others revealed divine anger over the sins and customs of the Crusaders.

On April 8, 1099 Peter went through a trial by fire in an attempt to prove his statements. He pulled it most likely severe burns, even though he claimed to be unharmed, as Jesus had appeared to him in the fire, and only to have been injured as the crowd celebrated him afterwards. He died twelve days later, on April 20.

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  • Roman Catholic priest (11th century)
  • Mystic
  • Crusaders ( First Crusade )
  • Frenchman
  • Born in the 11th century
  • Died in 1099
  • Man
France Church of St Peter Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse Papal legate Adhemar of Le Puy
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