Ghibbelin of Sabran (also spelledGibelin) (c. 1045 – 1112) wasArchbishop of Arles (1080–1112),papal legate (1107–1108), andLatin Patriarch of Jerusalem (1108–1112).
Ghibbelin was named Archbishop of Arles at theCouncil of Avignon in 1080, at which ArchbishopAicard was deposed. He was consecrated byPope Gregory VII. However, the clergy and people ofArles preferred Aicard, a relative of theviscounts ofMarseille who had taken the side ofHenry IV, Holy Roman Emperor against Gregory VII. Although Ghibbelin was supported byBertrand I, Count of Provence, he was unable to take possession of his archdiocese. He was threatened by the citizens of Arles when he approached he city, and had to renounce his claim.
Ghibbelin waited many years to take his post. In 1096, whenPope Urban II toured southernFrance before preaching theFirst Crusade at theCouncil of Clermont, he neglected to visit Arles. After 1096 Ghibbelin was able to occupy the archdiocese during the periodic absences of Aicard; meanwhile he also directed thediocese of Avignon. He finally succeeded Aicard around 1098, when Urban II overturned the renouncement he had made under duress from the citizens of Arles in 1080. In 1105, the will ofRaymond IV of Toulouse ordered his heirs to restore everything he had usurped from Ghibbelin in Arles,Argence,Fourques,Albaron, andFos.
At the end of 1107, Ghibbelin left Arles forPalestine, as papal legate forPope Paschal II. He was sent to settle a dispute over the Patriarchate of Jerusalem.Dagobert of Pisa had been deposed as Patriarch in 1102 and replaced byEhremar. The pope reinstated Dagobert, who then died before he could return to Palestine. The pope was now inclined to reinstate Ehremar, butKing of Jerusalem,Baldwin I, objected as he regarded him as incompetent, and Ghibbelin was chosen to decide the matter. He deposed Ehremar, and at the invitation of Baldwin himself accepted the office.[1] He died there in December, 1112, and was succeeded byArnulf of Chocques as Patriarch, while the archdiocese of Arles remained vacant until 1115.
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