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> John of Montfort (d. 1177/8) John was an Austrian noble who became a
> Knight Templar. He was wounded in battle against the Muslims and
> taken to Cyprus, where he died. He had a cult at Famagusta as long
> as the Latin church existed there (until the Ottoman conquest).
Dear Phyllis,
I'd be interested in your source for this. I have read of a Jean de Montfort who was
a French noble, the grandson, no less, of the Simon de Montfort who died in 1218 in
the Albigensian Crusades, and the son of his heir, Amauri. It seems beyond the
bounds of belief that two different Jean de Montforts would have been venerated on
Cyprus. There also seems to be some confusion between Famagusta and
Limassol. Can anyone shed any light on this apparent confusion? Here is what I
have on Jean de Montfort:
Jean (1241-49), eldest son of Amauri, inherited the county of Montfort but
didn’t become constable of France. He married Jeanne de Châteaudun, and
they had one daughter, Béatrice. In 1244 Louis IX took the cross, and in
1245, Jean also engaged himself to take part in the holy war. During the three
years of preparation, Jean made generous gifts to the monasteries in the
region; he received, on the other hand, 40 livres from the prior of St Thomas
at Epernon to aid in his expenses for the expedition. They left Aigues-Mortes
on 28 Aug. 1248 and wintered on Cyprus, where Jean died in the epidemic
that struck their ranks. Immediately after his death, he was invoked as a
“bienheureux”. The Cistercians of the Church of Notre-Dame-de-Champs at
Limassol rededicated their church to St Jean de Montfort and the sanctuary
became one of the most venerated at Limassol
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