Guillaume d'Estouteville
Guillaume VII. D'Estouteville (* around 1403 in Normandy , France , † 1483 in Rome ) was a French cardinal .
Life
Guillaume d'Estouteville came from the Norman family Estouteville , a house of the French high nobility. His family chose him for an ecclesiastical career at an early age and subsequently obtained a number of canonicals , for example in 1428 in Evreux . He used this benefice to continue his studies in Paris. In 1432 he became canon at the cathedral of Lyon and in the year archdeacon of the cathedral chapter of Angers . He also acted as Apostolic Protonotary . He received his doctorate in canon law from Paris University .
In 1439 Estouteville became Bishop of Angers , but did not take this office. In September of that year he was appointed Bishop of Digne . From 1444 to 1483 he was abbot of Mont-Saint-Michel on the monastery island off the Norman coast, where he strove to raise the buildings, and from 1453 to 1482 he was finally archbishop of Rouen . As such, he commissioned the expansion of the towers of his cathedral . In addition, Estouteville was appointed administrator of numerous dioceses.
In the consistory of December 18, 1439, Pope Eugene IV created him cardinal and in January 1440 appointed him cardinal priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti . As a papal legate in France, despite his relatives, he neither succeeded in mediating peace with England with the royal family nor in having the Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges withdrawn . He reformed the statutes of the University of Paris and resumed the rehabilitation process of Joan of Arc . In 1454 he was raised to the rank of Cardinal Bishop by Pope Nicholas V and received the diocese of Porto-Santa Rufina . In 1461 d'Estouteville finally became Cardinal Bishop of Ostia , with which he also advanced to Cardinal Dean . He held both offices until his death. He was also the camerlengo of the Church since 1477 .
Cardinal Guillaume d'Estouteville was a participant in the papal elections of 1447 (-> Nicholas V ), 1458 (-> Pius II. ), 1464 (-> Paul II. ) And 1471 (-> Sixtus IV. ); As Dean of the College of Cardinals, he headed the conclave of 1464 and 1471 . "A highly educated ruler, Estouteville did not achieve the desired tiara in 1458 and 1464." ( Hermann Tüchle ) At the conclave of 1458 he was one of the favorites, but Enea Silvio Cardinal Piccolomini was elected .
He is the founder of one of the five Roman Catholic Apostolic Succession Lines that still exist today .
Web links
- Estouteville, Guillaume d '. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed December 4, 2016.
- Entry on Guillaume d'Estouteville on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved December 4, 2016.
Individual evidence
- ^ Jürgen Dendorfer , Ralf Lützelschwab: History of the Cardinalate in the Middle Ages. Stuttgart 2011, p. 349
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Giorgio Fieschi |
Dean of the College of Cardinals 1461–1483 |
Rodrigo de Borja |
| Giorgio Fieschi |
Cardinal Bishop of Ostia and Velletri 1461–1483 |
Giuliano della Rovere |
|
Francesco Condulmer (Bishop of Porto) John Kemp (Bishop of Santa Rufina) |
Cardinal Bishop of Porto-Santa Rufina 1455–1461 |
Juan Carvajal |
| Raoul (Rudolf) Roussel |
Archbishop of Rouen 1453–1482 |
Robert IV de Croixmare |
| Juan de Segovia |
Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne 1452–1483 |
Etienne de Morel |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Estouteville, Guillaume d ' |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Guillaume VII d'Estouteville |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | cardinal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1403 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Normandy , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1483 |
| Place of death | Rome |