Peter of Casa (De Caesis, De Casis, Des-Maisons)

PETER OF CASA (De Caesis, De Casis, Des-Maisons). - Patriarch of Jerusalem, b. at Limoges in the second half of the 13th century, d. at Entrechaux in France on 3 Aug. 1348.

A Carmelite friar, he obtained his doctorate in theology at Paris. Provincial of Aquitaine (1324), then prior general (1330), he took part in the solemn assembly of prelates and doctors of Paris held at Vincennes, where it was maintained by common agreement, against the personal opinion of John XXII, that souls completely purified are immediately admitted to the beatific vision, before the last judgment. On 17 Dec. 1341 he received from Benedict XII the bishopric of Vaison. On 7 Oct. 1342 Clement VI appointed him patriarch of Jerusalem, with the administration in perpetuity of the diocese of Vaison. Having died in the odor of sanctity, he was honored by many writers of the Order with the title of blessed; but his cult has not so far been officially recognized. The General Chapter of 1908 decided to promote his cause before the Sacred Congregation of Rites.

Trisse reports that P. wrote a commentary on the four books of the Sentences, as well as a collection of sermons or Collationes. J. Bale further attributes to him a commentary on the Politicum Aristotelis.

Priorum generalium, ibid., p. 252; C. de Villiers, Bibliotheca Carmelitana, ed. G. Wessels, II, Rome 1927, coll. 561-63, 961-62; M. Ventimiglia, Historia chronologica Priorum generalium, ed. G. Wessels, Rome 1929, pp. 79-84; Antoine M. de la Présentation, Le Carmel en France, VII, Toulouse 1930, pp. 61-64.

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