Fulk of Neuilly (also appearing in the forms "Fulke," "Foulque," "Foulques," "Fulco," "Folco," etc., and as "de Neuilly") (died 1201) was a French preacher of the twelfth century, and priest of Neuilly-sur-Marne. His preaching encouraged the Fourth Crusade. He is a beatus of the Roman Catholic Church; his feast is celebrated on March 2. [1]
A priest at Neuilly from 1191, he attended the lectures of Peter the Chanter in Paris. He began to preach from 1195, and gained a reputation for piety and eloquence. [2] His preaching focused on reforming people's morality and many of his denunciations were upon the sins of usury and lustfulness. [3] Clerical concubinage was a common target of his and he would often point out priests and concubines that were guilty of this sin in the crowd when he was preaching. [4] It was reported that he rebuked King Richard I of England by advising him to marry off his three evil daughters, his Pride, Greed, and Lechery; and that the king replied that he would marry them appropriately to the Templars, the Cistercians, and to the bishops and abbots of the Church. [5]
An invitation for Fulk to preach a crusade came from Pope Innocent III in 1199. His preaching influenced both Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, and Alix de Montmorency. [6]
Fulk's assiduous enthusiasm in carrying out his mission led to rumours concerning the usage made of the monetary sums it produced[ specify]. He died shortly afterwards.
Bibliography
- C. Grasso, Folco di Neuilly sacerdos et predicator crucis, dans "Nuova Rivista Storica", Anno 2010 - Volume XCIV - Fascicolo III, p. 741-764.
- Chronica Magistri Rogeri de Hovedene (ed., William Stubbs) (4 vols., Rolls series, 1868–1871) (in Latin)
- Itinerarium Kambriae (ed., James F. Dimock) available in Giraldi Cambrensis Opera: Volume VI (1868). (in Latin)
Notes
- ^ Louis René Bréhier (1909). " Foulque de Neuilly". In Catholic Encyclopedia. 6. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- ^ Mayer, Hans Eberhand Mayer (1990). The Crusades. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 197.
- ^ Queller, Donald (1997). The Fourth Crusade. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 3.
- ^ Queller, Donald (1997). The Fourth Crusade. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 3.
- ^ Hoveden, Chronica, Volume 4., p. 76. Gerald of Wales tells the story slightly differently in his Itinerarium Cambriae, with the " black monks" taking the place of the prelates of the Church, Itin. p. 44.
- ^ Maddicott, John Robert (1994). Simon de Montfort. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 5.
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