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Born in [[Parma]], Albert was educated in [[theology]] and law and served as Bishop of [[Bobbio]] until [[1184]], when he was appointed Bishop of [[Vercelli]]. He served the [[Papacy]] as a mediator and diplomat between [[Pope Clement III]] and [[Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick Barbarossa]]. He served as [[papal legate]] in [[1199]] and helped end the war between Parma and [[Piacenza]].

In 1204 he was named Patriarch of Jerusalem by [[Pope Innocent III]], whom he also served as papal legate in the [[Holy Land]]. As Patriarch he helped found the [[Carmelite]] order around [[1209]] in particular by his composition of what came to be the Carmelite Rule, otherwise known as Thethe [[http://carmelnet.org/chas/rule.htm Rule of St. Albert]]. Additionally he mediated disputes between the [[Kingdom of Jerusalem]] and the [[Kingdom of Cyprus]], as well as between the [[Knights Templar]] and the [[Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia]]. In 1214, he had been invited to the [[Fourth Lateran Council]], but was [[assassin]]ated in [[Akko|Acre]] on the [[Feast of the Cross|Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross]] by a disgruntled cleric. He is regarded as a [[saint]] by the Carmelites and as "[[beatification|blessed]]" by the [[Roman Catholic Church]].

He was succeeded by [[Raoul of Merencourt]].