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Bertrand de la Tour (1265? – 1332 or 1333), also known as Bertrand de Turre, was a French Franciscan theologian and cardinal.^[1]

De la Tour was born in Camboulit in the old province of Quercy, France. Serving as a provincial minister in Aquitaine from 1312 onwards he became a leading opponent of the Franciscan Spirituals.^[1] He undertook diplomatic missions for Pope John XXII with Bernard Gui from 1317–1318. After this time, he was asked to aid in evaluating the heresy of Peter Olivi.^[1] De la Tour was made Archbishop of Salerno and then Cardinal of San Vitale in 1320. In 1323 De la Tour was appointed cardinal bishop of Tusculum.^[2]

After the deposition of Michael of Cesena in 1328, on John XXII's behest de la Tour acted as vicar general of the Franciscan Order.^[1]

He was nicknamed "Doctor famosus".

• Patrick Nold, Bertrand de la Tour O.Min.: Life and Works, Archivum Franciscanum Historicum, 94 (2001), 275–323.
• Patrick Nold, Bertrand de la Tour O.Min.: Manuscript list and sermon supplement, Archivum Franciscanum Historicum, 95 (2002), 351.
• Patrick Nold, Pope John XXII and his Franciscan Cardinal: Bertrand de la Tour and the Apostolic Poverty Controversy (Oxford, 2003).

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