Peter of Capua

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Peter of Capua (d.1214) was an Italian theologian and scholastic philosopher, and a Cardinal and papal legate.

After a being a teacher at the University of Paris, he was employed by Pope Innocent III as legate. He made trips to Poland and Bohemia in 1197, bringing decision of introducing celibacy. He also served as legate to France from 1198. He made a truce between Richard I of England and Philip II of France, in 1198/9.

He then took part in the Fourth Crusade. While in Constantinople he acquired relics, including the purported body of St. Andrew, which he brought back to Amalfi.

A Life was written by Durand of Huesca. Another Peter of Capua the Younger was in Paris in the early thirteenth century.

Works

• Alphabetum in artem sermocinandi
• Summa

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