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Thanks I had for decades thought the same, but I couldn't remember his name, and when I googled it, surprise, Arnaud Almaric came up. So I went with that, much more likely.
Off hand, I suspect that some clergy, blamed it on Montfort rather than a rep of the church
Here is his bio per Encyclopedia Brittanica britannica.com/biograph…
Here is …
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Thanks I had for decades thought the same, but I couldn't remember his name, and when I googled it, surprise, Arnaud Almaric came up. So I went with that, much more likely.
Off hand, I suspect that some clergy, blamed it on Montfort rather than a rep of the church
Here is his bio per Encyclopedia Brittanica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Simon-de-Montfort
Here is wikipedia on Arnaud Almaric, and the quote: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnaud_Amalric