Bertram of St. Genesius

Bertrand de Saint- Geniès or Bertram of St. Genesius (* 1260 in Saint- Geniès in Cahors, † June 6, 1350 in Spilimbergo at Udine) was from 1334 to 1350 the Patriarch of Aquileia. His term of office initiated a brief political and economic rise of patriarchy. He was beatified by his successor Nicholas of Luxembourg.

Life

Bertrand was born 1260 in Saint- Geniès north of Toulouse. In Toulouse, Bertrand studied law and received his doctorate in order to teach himself at the University of Toulouse. Later, Bertrand entered the service of Pope John XXII. and traveled far as questioning Judge of the Roman Rota. In 1319 he became dean in Angoulême. 1334 appointed him John XXII. Patriarch of Aquileia.

Bertrand strengthened the position of the Patriarchate against the nobility, especially against the neighboring Counts of Gorizia, the applicable territorial claims to the Patriarch State. In addition, he was able to establish good relations with Austria and Venice. In Udine he initiated the expansion of the Church under one of his predecessors, Berthold of Aquileia, which began, she dedicated the 1335 Maria Annunziata and raised it to his cathedral. In 1349 he commissioned the Italian painter Vitale da Bologna with a fresco cycle, which is classified in Friuli to the best and most completely preserved paintings from the 14th century. After Aquileia was destroyed in 1348 by the great earthquake of Friuli, he moved the episcopal seat to Udine final. Bertrand realized reforms and promoted the economic development of the city of Udine, but also the entire patriarchal state.

The warring Counts of Gorizia, who wanted to extend their dominion to the Patriarch States, they instigated a conspiracy against Bertrand. On June 6, 1350, the 90 -year-old Bertrand was murdered on a trip to Udine in Spilimbergo.

Bertrand was buried in the Cathedral of Udine. His beatification was carried out by his successor, Nicholas of Luxembourg.

1965 his sarcophagus and the frescoes commissioned from him by Vitale da Bologna in the neighboring Museum in Udine were transferred.