A mitred Adhémar de Monteil carrying the Holy Lance in one of the battles of the First Crusade
Church
Catholic Church
See
Diocese of Le Puy-en-Velay
In office
1082–1098
Predecessor
Stephan de Polignac
Successor
Pons de Tournon
Personal details
Born
1055
Valentinois, Kingdom of France
Died
1 August 1098 (aged 43) Principality of Antioch
19th-century painting on display at Versailles depicting Adhemar of Le Puy (in red to left of Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse).
Adhemar (also known as Adémar, Aimar, or Aelarz) de Monteil (died 1 August 1098) was one of the principal figures of the First Crusade and was bishop of Puy-en-Velay from before 1087. He was the chosen representative of Pope Urban II for the expedition to the Holy Land. Remembered for his martial prowess, he led knights and men into battle and fought beside them, particularly at the Battle of Dorylaeum and Siege of Antioch. Adhemar is said to have carried the Holy Lance in the Crusaders’ desperate breakout at Antioch on 28 June 1098, in which superior Islamic forces under the atabeg Kerbogha were routed, securing the city for the Crusaders. He died in 1098 due to illness.
brother of William Hugh of Monteil, who was also a Crusader in the First Crusade. Adhemar most likely met Pope Urban II, when he visited Puy in August...
1000), prince Adhémar de Chabannes (988–1034), French monk and historian AdhemarofLePuy (died 1098), bishop Adhémar Jori/Jory (1375), lord of Domeyrat près...
miles (19 km) outside Antioch. Robert II, Count of Flanders and AdhemarofLePuy, the Catholic Bishop ofPuy-en-Velay, led the charge across the bridge,...
under Raymond IV of Toulouse and AdhemarofLePuy; men from Upper and Lower Lorraine led by Godfrey of Bouillon and his brother Baldwin of Boulogne; Italo-Norman...
siege. Bohemond camped on the north side of the city, Godfrey on the south, and Raymond and AdhemarofLePuy on the eastern gate. On 16 May the Turkish...
followers eventually won, not least because of the death ofAdhemarofLePuy, who had been the spiritual leader of the crusade and had been determined to...
the lance had been one of the relics in the treasury of the cathedral. The papal legate AdhemarofLePuy, spiritual leader of the crusaders, was buried...
City of Christ, glorified by His passion and resurrection". He calls upon the princes to "free the churches of the East", appointing AdhemarofLePuy as...
the beginning of Italian merchant settlements in the Levant. August 1 – AdhemarofLePuy (or Aimar), French bishop and nominal leader of the First Crusade...
conquest of the city in June 1098, John was released and reinstated by the spiritual leader of the crusader, AdhemarofLePuy, as patriarch of Antioch...
legates, such as AdhemarofLePuy. By the mid-12th century, papal power had dwindled somewhat, and Rome was controlled by the Commune of Rome. Although...
boosted by the presence ofAdhemarofLePuy, the papal legate who travelled with him. Significant forces also accompanied Bohemond of Taranto, a Norman knight...
of Bishop AdhemarofLePuy, the papal legate. There is a purported charter of Bishop Adhemar that refers to his chancellor as Raymond of Aguilhes, but...
honor of the discovery. Many people, including the papal legate AdhemarofLePuy, believed Peter was a charlatan and had simply brought a piece of iron...
authority of the overall legate AdhemarofLePuy, and after Adhemar's death in 1098 he shared control of the clergy with fellow legate Peter of Narbonne...
life ofAdhemarofLePuy. The Cartulaire also includes the anonymous Gesta Adhemari, Episcopi Podiensis, Hiersolymitana, a short account ofAdhemar's role...
had appointed him apostolic legate to the crusade in succession to AdhemarofLePuy, who died on 1 August 1098. However, Urban himself died on 29 July...
the beginning of Italian merchant settlements in the Levant. August 1 – AdhemarofLePuy (or Aimar), French bishop and nominal leader of the First Crusade...
accompanied Adhemar de Monteil, Bishop ofLePuy, to the Holy Land during the First Crusade. He signed royal charters during the reign of Baldwin I of Jerusalem...
Godfrey of Bouillon and AdhemarofLePuy. Godfrey is displaying the arms of Lorraine, a bend gules with three alerions argent. Adhemar is wearing a bishop's...
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