Pierre de Castelnau, papal legate, was assassinated by a squire of Raymond IV on the 15th January 1208.

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Having commanded Count Raymond IV of Toulouse to proceed to the extermination of the heretics of his domains in order to avoid to be excommunicated himself, Pierre de Castelnau, papal legate, was assassinated by a squire of Raymond IV on the 15th January 1208. - Histoire Populaire de la France, Tome Premier, Ch. Lahure's Publication, circa 1860

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