Pons of Melgueil

Pontius of Melgueil ( Pons de Melgueil - today Mauguio in the department of Hérault) († December 29, 1126 ) was from 1109, the seventh abbot of Cluny.

He came from a family of Languedoc (see County Melgueil ), which belonged to the environment of the Counts of Toulouse. He was a lay brother in Saint -Pons -de- thomieres, then prior of Saint -Martial in Limoges and eventually became abbot of Cluny.

Pontius of Melgueil distinguished by exceptional administrative skills. He played a significant role in the diplomatic relations between the Pope and the Empire.

According to later news Pontius said to have been appointed by Calixtus II cardinal. This assertion is based only on the bad interpretation of a note from the letters of a monk Hugo to Abbot Pontius; all documentary witness nits that are handed down, he is nowhere referred to as cardinal.

1122 he returned his Abtsamt to the Pope and embarked on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.

1123/1124 Pontius returned back from the Holy Land. He went to Cluny and claimed armed anew respectively. still the office of abbot. Pope Honorius II spoke out against the ban Pontius and " the Pontianer " from. Then Pontius answered loudly Peter the Venerable, that no living, only Peter in heaven could banish him. Finally, Pontius was arrested and imprisoned. He died in captivity. Despite his conduct him an honorable burial, and an entry in the books of the dead Cluny monasteries were ( in the form in which the abbots entry received ) received.