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

== Biography ==
Born in [[Rennes]], Conecte travelled through [[Cambrai]], [[Tournai]], [[Arras]], [[Flanders]], and [[Picardy]], his [[sermon]]s vehemently denouncing the vices of the clergy and the extravagant dress of the women, especially their lofty head-dresses, or ''[[hennin]]s''. He ventured to teach that he who is a true servant of [[God]] need fear no papal curse, that the [[Roman Catholic]] hierarchy is corrupt, and that [[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]].{{sfn|Herbermann|1913}} He was listened to by immense congregations, and in Italy, despite the opposition of Nicholas Kenton (died 1468), [[provincial (religion)|provincial]] 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]], which gradually developed into the Congregation of Mantua. He visited this latter convent in 1432 and then proceeded to [[Venice]], and finally to [[Rome]], where the manners of the [[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]], condemned and burnt for [[heresy]].{{sfn|Herbermann|1913}}

An account of Friar Thomas's preaching and its effect is given by [[Enguerrand de Monstrelet]], [[Provost (religion)|provost]] of Cambrai (died 1453), in his continuation of [[Jean Froissart|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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