Warmund, alsoGarmond,Gormond,Germond,Guarmond orWaremond (bef. 1069–1128), was theLatin Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1118 until his death atSidon in 1128.
Warmund ofPicquigny was a son of another Warmund (Guermond) of Picquigny and his wife Adele.[1] His brother Eustache wasVidame of Amiens.[1] Shortly after the death ofArnulf of Chocques, Warmund was elected to replace him as Patriarch of Jerusalem in late 1118.[2] In 1120, withBaldwin II,King of Jerusalem, he convened theCouncil of Nablus. The canons of the council served as a sort ofconcordat between the church ofOutremer and theCrusader states. The first canon is a promise by Baldwin to surrender the appropriate tithes to the patriarch, namely those from his own royal estates inJerusalem,Nablus andAcre. In the second canon, Baldwin requests forgiveness for the tithes he had previously withheld, and Warmund absolves him in the third. At about this same time Warmund was approached by a group of Christian knights who requested permission to elect a master to lead them to defend the kingdom.[3] King Baldwin II gave them quarters in theTemple of Solomon.Hugues de Payens was elected their master and Warmund charged them with the duty of keeping the roads safe from thieves and others who were routinely robbing and killing pilgrims en route to Jerusalem.[3] This they did for nine years until theCouncil of Troyes in 1129 when they became amilitary order sanctioned by the Church; theKnights Templar.[4]
Betweenc. 1119–c. 1125 and along with Gerard, Prior of the Holy Sepulchre, possibly attached to theCanons of the Holy Sepulchre, Warmund wrote an important letter toDiego Gelmírez,Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela citing crop failures and being threatened by their enemies; they requested food, money, and military aid in order to maintain the kingdom of Jerusalem.[5] In 1123, he negotiated an alliance between Jerusalem and theRepublic of Venice. This was finalized in the treaty which bears his name: thePactum Warmundi (from his Latin nameWarmundus).[6] In 1124, he was appointed supreme commander of the Crusader forces besiegingTyre, as he was felt to possess greater authority than any alternative as commander. He was a faithful friend of King Baldwin.[7]
In 1128, he laid a siege onBelhacem, which was occupied by brigands.[8] However, he fell seriously ill and was taken to Sidon, where he died in July 1128.[9]
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| Preceded by | Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem 1119–1128 | Succeeded by |