Bernard de Castanet (c. 1240 – 14 August 1317) was the bishop of the Diocese of Albi from 1276 to 1308. While bishop Castenet was involved in a struggle with the local landowners to preserve his temporal power. He used accusations of heresy and the inquisition to limit the power of and punish those who opposed his right to arrest any citizen in the diocese and other political power prerogatives he held.
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1240
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14 August 1317 (aged 77)
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