Pietro Gerra or Guerra (. 19 February 1301) was an Italian ecclesiastic who held a series of important posts. He was born in the first half of the thirteenth century at

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, where he became a

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of the local cathedral. He was later appointed to a chaplaincy in the Roman ''curia'' before being consecrated bishop of Sora (20 April 1267). On 2 August 1278 he was transferred to the

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, where he built the episcopal palace. He was promoted to the archdiocese of Monreale in Sicily on 22 July 1286 and consecrated 20 August 1286. Between 1296 and 1298, he served as the

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of the

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, who appointed him

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in the Romagna and then, on 6 January 1298, appointed him

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, a prestigious office with extensive temporalities. He disputed jurisdiction with the

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over certain tenants whose lands had been occupied by republican troops. Pope Boniface arbitrated a resolution.

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Gèrra, Pietro
''Enciclopedie on line''. Treccani. {{DEFAULTSORT:Gerra, Pietro 13th-century births 1301 deaths People from Ferentino Bishops of Sora Bishops of Rieti Archbishops of Monreale Archbishops of Capua Patriarchs of Aquileia