Albert of Pisa

Albert of Pisa (c. 1200 in Pisa; † on 23 January 1240 ) was an Italian Franciscan. He was the successor of St.. Francis the third Minister General of the Franciscan Order. Its predecessor was Elias of Cortona (1232-1239), his successor was Haymo of Faversham ( 1240-1243 ).

Previously, he was the successor of Agnellus of Pisa second provincial minister of his order in England. He had occupied in Germany and in England this office.

Life

Albert of Pisa in 1212 joined the Franciscan Order one. He was sent in 1219 with his brother to France, to open up a Convention. 1223, the Chapter of Mats in Assisi, he was Provincial of the new German province. He directed the provincial chapter in Speyer ( 1223 ), Würzburg ( 1224 ) and Mainz ( 1227 ). Elias of Cortona dismissed him from the post 1227th After that, he was in turn provincial Hungary, the province of Bologna, the March of Ancona, the Mark Treviso, and Tuscany. When in 1236 his brother died Agnello, the Provincial was in England, the English brothers to Albert asked as his successor. Elias of Cortona, this allowed. Albert promoted the study of theology to the brothers in London and Canterbury. On May 15, 1239 was elected Minister General Albert of Pisa by the General Chapter in Rome. He died the following year in Pisa. Pope Gregory IX. , Who greatly admired him, composed an elegy to his death. Albert wrote the work " Sermo de caritate Salvatoris ", a collection of sermons.