Quarterly: 1 and 4, gu a cross arg; 2 and 3, gules an eagle chequy argent and sable

Arnaud de Comps

Arnoldus Compensis

Tenure	1163-bef. 1165
Nationality	French
Langue
Birth	?
Death	bef. 1165
Notes	Avity, p.33 - 4. Ei surrogatus fuit frater Arnoldus Compensis, vir magni animi et consilii, qui paulo post suam electionem, Aegyptum ingressus est cum Amaurio, novo rege Ierosolymae, cum bellum inferret Caliphae Aegypti, qui tributum annuum, quod Balduino III. et sequuturis regibus Ierosolymae in perpetuum se soluturum promiseart, pendere detrectaret. Hic Arnoldus, postquam domum Hospitalem S. Ioannis quadraginta circiter annis magna prudentia et fortitudine gubernasset, mortuus est an. MCLXVII. Pauli, p.42 - Apr 1165 - Donation of two villages (casalia) by Walter, Lord of Galilee to Gilbert, Grandmaster on behalf of the Hospital  Sources: Avity, Pierre d'; Gottfried, Johann Ludwig: Archontologiae Cosmicae, Liber III: Origo Ordinum Militarium, tam Regularium, Dissertatio de Ordine Equitum Melitensum, Frankfurt am Main, 1628 Pauli, Sebastiano: Codice diplomatico del sacro militare ordine gerosolimitano, Salvatore e Giandomenico Marescandoli, Lucca, 1733
Blazon	Quarterly: 1 and 4, gu a cross arg; 2 and 3, gules an eagle chequy argent and sable [JM]

Engraving by Antonio F. Lucini of Matteo Perez d'Aleccio's fresco