BOHEMOND, PRINCE OF ANTIOCH. - Born around 1170, died in 1233, he was the son of Bohemond III and Orguilleuse. On his father's death (1201) he seized the principality of Antioch, against feudal law. His government, however, was troubled by the succession struggle mounted against him by his nephew Raymond Roupen and the latter's grandfather Leo II of Armenia, a struggle that soon took on a religious character as well. The city's patriarch, Peter of Angoulême, supported by the Hospitallers, sided with Raymond, while the Templars took the side of B. The latter then enthroned in the city a patriarch of the Greek rite, Simeon III, but Peter excommunicated him. A popular uprising led by Peter succeeded for a few days (1208) in bringing Raymond into Antioch; but B., having reoccupied the city, threw the patriarch into prison, where he died in July of that same year. The Pope then elected a new Latin patriarch in the person of Peter of Locedio, but B. refused to recognize him. In 1216, taking advantage of B.'s absence, Raymond seized the city and held it for four years; but he was incapable of governing, and B. was easily able to drive him out again with the help of his supporters who had remained in Antioch. He then took harsh vengeance on his enemies, especially the Hospitallers, whose property he confiscated in its entirety. They appealed to Pope Gregory IX, who excommunicated B. in 1230. Subsequently the patriarch Gerald of Jerusalem succeeded in establishing peace in the principality, ratified by the Pope, who for that reason lifted the excommunication (1231). B. was still involved in the struggles that tore apart the various Latin princes of Syria, but he was inconstant, taking sides now with one and now with another.
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Bohemond, Prince of Antioch
BOEMONDO, PRINCIPE DI ANTIOCHIA
Also known as: German: Bohemund IV. von Antiochia; Bohemond IV, Bohemond IV of Antioch; French: Bohémond IV d'Antioche; Italian: Boemondo IV di Antiochia
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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II (1949), coll. 1749–1750.
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Amore, Agostino. “Boemondo, principe di antiochia.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, coll. 1749–1750. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/boemondo-principe-di-antiochia.
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Amore, Agostino. “Boemondo, principe di antiochia.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, coll. 1749–1750. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/boemondo-principe-di-antiochia.
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