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On 23 November 1503 he made his first formal entry into the City of Rome. He was created Cardinal by [[Pope Julius II]] on 29 November 1503, three days after his Coronation. On 6 December he was appointed Cardinal Deacon of [[Sant'Adriano al Foro|S. Adriano]].
On 23 November 1503 he made his first formal entry into the City of Rome. He was created Cardinal by [[Pope Julius II]] on 29 November 1503, three days after his Coronation. On 6 December he was appointed Cardinal Deacon of [[Sant'Adriano al Foro|S. Adriano]].


He held the diocese of Narbonne until he was appointed Archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Auch|Auch]] on 4 July 1507.<ref>Gulik and Eubel, p. 125.</ref> He served as Ambassador of King [[Louis XII of France]] to Pope Julius II in 1507. Unfortunately he was too forthcoming in his exchanges with the Pope on behalf of France and its King, and the Pope, in a fit of anger by no means becoming his high office, sent Cardinal de Castelnau to detention in the [[Castel Sant'Angelo|Castel S. Angelo]].<ref>Aubery, III, p. 85.</ref>
He held the diocese of Narbonne until he was appointed Archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Auch|Auch]] on 4 July 1507.<ref>Gulik and Eubel, p. 125.</ref> He served as Ambassador of King [[Louis XII of France]] to Pope Julius II in 1507. Unfortunately he was too forthcoming in his exchanges with the Pope on behalf of France and its King on 29 June 1510,<ref>{{cite book|author=Bernardo Dovizi (da Bibbiena)|editor=G. L. Moncallero|title=Epistolario di Bernardo Dovizi da Bibbiena|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Ov1YAAAAMAAJ|year=1955|publisher=L.S. Olschki|location=Firenze|language=Italian|page=248}}</ref> and the Pope, in a fit of anger by no means becoming his high office, sent Cardinal de Castelnau to detention in the [[Castel Sant'Angelo|Castel S. Angelo]].<ref>Aubery, III, p. 85.</ref>


[[File:Avignon, Couvent des Célestins.JPG|thumb|200px|right|Church of Celestines, Avignon]]
[[File:Avignon, Couvent des Célestins.JPG|thumb|200px|right|Church of Celestines, Avignon]]

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Cardinal

François Guillaume de Castelnau-Clermont-Lodève
Cardinal-Bishop
ChurchSant'Adriano al Foro
San Stefano al Monte Celio
SeePalestrina
Other post(s)Apostolic Legate in Avignon
Orders
Created cardinal29 November 1503
by Pope Julius II
Personal details
Born1480
Died13 March 1541
Avignon, France
NationalityFrench
ParentsPierre (Tristan), Seigneur de Clermont
Catherine d'Amboise

François Guillaume de Castelnau de Clermont-Lodève (1480-1541) was a French diplomat and Cardinal. He was the son of Pierre-Tristan, Seigneur de Clermont et de Clermont-Lodève and Vicomte de Nébouzan, and Catherine d'Amboise. François' grandmother had been heiress of Dieudonné Guillaume de Clermont.[1] He had an elder brother, Pierre de Castelnau, who was heir to the family estates. François was also the nephew of Cardinal Georges d'Amboise (1498-1510), who was largely responsible for François' swift rise to prominence in the Church. Cardinal d'Amboise had been Archbishop of Narbonne from 1491 to 1494.[2]

Education and early career

Francois de Castelnau was appointed Major Archdeacon of the Church of Narbonne, before 1501, when he was appointed to the diocese of Saint-Pons. He already was Bachelor in Theology. He was appointed Administrator of the diocese of Saint-Pons-de-Thomières on 17 November 1501,[3] for which he required a papal dispensation since he was only twenty-one years old (1502, 1511–14 and 1534–39).[4]

He was elected Archbishop of Narbonne by the Cathedral Chapter on 4 June 1502, an act which was approved by Pope Alexander VI on 22 June 1502. The Pope dispensed François from the age defect, and allowed him to retain the benefices which he had already accumulated.[5] He was already a Canon and Prebend in the Church of Albi, Provost of Belle-monte, and he held two other priories. On 6 December 1502 he was also granted the Priory of Nôtre-Dame de Parco.[6]

Cardinal

On 23 November 1503 he made his first formal entry into the City of Rome. He was created Cardinal by Pope Julius II on 29 November 1503, three days after his Coronation. On 6 December he was appointed Cardinal Deacon of S. Adriano.

He held the diocese of Narbonne until he was appointed Archbishop of Auch on 4 July 1507.[7] He served as Ambassador of King Louis XII of France to Pope Julius II in 1507. Unfortunately he was too forthcoming in his exchanges with the Pope on behalf of France and its King on 29 June 1510,[8] and the Pope, in a fit of anger by no means becoming his high office, sent Cardinal de Castelnau to detention in the Castel S. Angelo.[9]

Church of Celestines, Avignon

He was named Bishop of Senez in 1508, and resigned the See in 1509.[10]

Cardinal de Castelnau was again appointed Administrator of the diocese of Saint-Pons-de-Thomières on 9 July 1511, and exercised that function until 28 July 1514, when Cardinal Alessandro Farnese was appointed.[11]

He was Bishop of Valence from 11 January 1523 to 1531;[12] his successor Antoine de Vasc was appointed on 10 May 1531, in an exchange of dioceses of Valence and Agde. Cardinal de Castelnau therefore became Bishop of Agde on 10 May 1531, and held the post until his death.[13]


Cardinal de Castelnau was Legate in Avignon 1513-1541.[14] He participated in the Papal conclave, 1523. Pope Clement VII named him bishop of Frascati in December 1523.

In 1534 François Guillaume de Castelnau was named the first Abbot Commendatory (the thirty-ninth Abbot) of Saint-Aphrodise in the diocese of Béziers by King Francis I.[15]

From the death of Cardinal Giovanni Piccolomini in 1537 until his death in March 1541, François Guillaume de Castelnau de Clermont-Lodève was Dean of the College of Cardinals. It must be noted that he was still Bishop of Palestrina, not Bishop of Ostia. The Deanship and the Bishopric of Ostia did not become associated with one another until the reign of Pope Paul IV.[16]

Cardinal François Guillaume de Castelnau-Clermont-Lodève died in Avignon, where he was Apostolic Legate in March of 1541, perhaps on the 13th. He was interred in the Church of the Celestines.[17]

References

  1. ^ de Gorsse, B. (1903). "Notice de Nebouzan". Revue de Comminges. 18: 89. Aubery III, p. 82.
  2. ^ Gulik and Eubel, p. 6, no. 25; and p. 199.
  3. ^ Eubel II, p. 218. He was also an Apostolic Notary at the time of his appointment.
  4. ^ Saint Marthe, Gallia christiana VI, p. 109.
  5. ^ Eubel II, p. 199.
  6. ^ Saint Marthe, Gallia christiana VI, p. 109.
  7. ^ Gulik and Eubel, p. 125.
  8. ^ Bernardo Dovizi (da Bibbiena) (1955). G. L. Moncallero (ed.). Epistolario di Bernardo Dovizi da Bibbiena (in Italian). Firenze: L.S. Olschki. p. 248.
  9. ^ Aubery, III, p. 85.
  10. ^ Gulik and Eubel, p. 297.
  11. ^ Gulik and Eubel, p. 277.
  12. ^ He had a suffragan bishop, one Charles, titular Bishop of Caria in Turkey, who actually carried out the episcopal functions: Gulik and Eubel, pp. 153 and 343.
  13. ^ Gulik and Eubel, pp. 97 and 326. B. Hauréau, Gallia christiana XVI (Paris 1856), p. 332.
  14. ^ Sainte-Marthe, Gallia christiana I, p. 843.
  15. ^ Fisquet, La France pontificale: Montpellier II, p. 236
  16. ^ Bullarum Diplomatum et Privilegiorum sanctorum Romanorum Pontificum Taurinensis editio. Tomus sextus (Turin 1860), pp. 502-504, no. VI "Cum venerabiles" (22 August 1555).
  17. ^ Aubery III, p. 86.

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