Pierre de Vieille-Brioude

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Pierre de Vieille-Brioude
18th Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller
In office 1240–1242
Preceded by
Succeeded by	Guillaume de Chateauneuf
Personal details
Died	1242

Pierre de Vieille-Brioude was a noble man from Auvergne who became the 18th master of the Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem between 1240 and 1242.

Career[]

The first mention of Pierre de Vieille-Brioude as brother dates from February 1916. He became between July 18, 1237 and April 1239. He succeeds as master of the order between the end of 1239 and 1240.^[1]

Gravestone[]

His gravestone was found in the crypt of the Hospitaller commandery of Saint-Jean-d'Acre :

Epitaph[]

☩ ANNO ⠇AB ⠇INCARNACIONE ⠇DOMINI ⠇M ⠇CC ⠇XL ⠇II ⠇OBIIT ⠇FRATER ⠇PETRUS ⠇DE ⠇VETERI ⠇BRIVATO ⠇
OCTAVUS ⠇MAGISTER ⠇SANCTE ⠇DOMUS ⠇HOSPITALIS ⠇IERUSALEM ⠇POST ⠇OCCUPATIONEM ⠇SANC
TE ⠇TERRE ⠇XV ⠇KLS ⠇OCTOBRIS ⠇CUIUS ⠇AIA ⠇REQUIESCAT ⠇IN ⠇PACE ⠇AMEN ⠇⚜ CUIUS ⠇TEMPORE ⠇COMES ⠇
MONTIS ⠇FORTIS ⠇ET ⠇ALII ⠇BARONES ⠇FRANCIE ⠇A CAPTIVITATE ⠇BABILONIE ⠇LIBERATI ⠇FUERUNT ⠇DUM ⠇RICH
ARDUS ⠇COMES ⠇CORNUBIE ⠇CASTRUM ⠇ERIGERET ⠇ASCALONE ⠇

☩ The year 1242 of the incarnation of the Lord, passed away brother Pierre de Vieille-Brioude, eighth master of the Holy House of the Jerusalem Hospital since the occupation of the Holy Land, XV calendars of October (September 17) . That his soul rests in peace. Amen. ⚜ At that time, the count of Montfort and other French barons were freed from captivity in Cairo and Richard, count of Cornwall, built the fortress of Ascalon.

Bibliography[]

• Delaville Le Roulx, Joseph (1904). Les Hospitaliers en Terre Sainte et à Chypre (1100-1310) (in French). Paris: Ernest Leroux.

See also[]

• Vieille-Brioude
• List of Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller

References[]