# Thomas Conecte

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{{Short description|French preacher active in the 15th century}}
'''Thomas Conecte''' (died 1434) was a French [Carmelite](/source/Carmelites) [friar](/source/friar) and [preacher](/source/preacher).

== Biography ==
Born in [Rennes](/source/Rennes), Conecte travelled through [Cambrai](/source/Cambrai), [Tournai](/source/Tournai), [Arras](/source/Arras), [Flanders](/source/Flanders), and [Picardy](/source/Picardy), his [sermon](/source/sermon)s vehemently denouncing the vices of the clergy and the extravagant dress of the women, especially their lofty head-dresses, or ''[hennin](/source/hennin)s''. He ventured to teach that he who is a true servant of [God](/source/God) need fear no papal curse, that the [Roman Catholic](/source/Roman_Catholic) hierarchy is corrupt, and that [marriage](/source/marriage) is permissible to the clergy, of whom only some have the gift of continence.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

Having inveighed against the disedifying{{What|date=April 2024}} life of certain priests, he had to seek safety in flight and left France for [Italy](/source/Italy).{{sfn|Herbermann|1913}} He was listened to by immense congregations, and in Italy, despite the opposition of Nicholas Kenton (died 1468), [provincial](/source/provincial_(religion)) of the English Carmelites, he introduced several changes into the rules of that order.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} He introduced a strict observance in the convent near [Florence](/source/Florence), which gradually developed into the Congregation of Mantua. He visited this latter convent in 1432 and then proceeded to [Venice](/source/Venice), and finally to [Rome](/source/Rome), where the manners of the [Curia](/source/Curia) provoked anew his violent language and occasioned a charge of conspiracy against the pope.{{sfn|Herbermann|1913}}

He was finally apprehended by order of [Pope Eugene IV](/source/Pope_Eugene_IV), condemned and burnt for [heresy](/source/heresy).{{sfn|Herbermann|1913}}

An account of Friar Thomas's preaching and its effect is given by [Enguerrand de Monstrelet](/source/Enguerrand_de_Monstrelet), [provost](/source/Provost_(religion)) of Cambrai (died 1453), in his continuation of [Froissart](/source/Jean_Froissart)'s chronicles.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

==References==
{{EB1911|wstitle=Conecte, Thomas|volume=6|page=697}}{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{Cite Catholic Encyclopedia|wstitle=Thomas Conecte}}

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Category:French Christian monks
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Category:Clergy from Rennes
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