François Guillaume de Castelnau-Clermont-Ludève
Cardinal François Guillaume de Castelnau-Clermont-Ludève | |
|---|---|
| Cardinal-Bishop | |
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| Church | Sant'Adriano al Foro San Stefano al Monte Celio |
| See | Palestrina |
| Other post(s) | Apostolic Legate in Avignon |
| Orders | |
| Created cardinal | 29 November 1503 by Pope Julius II |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1480 |
| Died | 13 March 1541 Avignon, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Parents | Pierre (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.
He was named Bishop of Senez in 1508, and resigned the See in 1509.[8]
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.[9]
He was Bishop of Valence from 11 January 1523 to 1531;[10] 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.[11]
Cardinal de Castelnau was Legate in Avignon 1513-1541.[12] 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.[13]
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.
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.[14]
References
- ^ de Gorsse, B. (1903). "Notice de Nebouzan". Revue de Comminges. 18: 89. Aubery III, p. 82.
- ^ Gulik and Eubel, p. 6, no. 25; and p. 199.
- ^ Eubel II, p. 218. He was also an Apostolic Notary at the time of his appointment.
- ^ Saint Marthe, Gallia christiana VI, p. 109.
- ^ Eubel II, p. 199.
- ^ Saint Marthe, Gallia christiana VI, p. 109.
- ^ Gulik and Eubel, p. 125.
- ^ Gulik and Eubel, p. 297.
- ^ Gulik and Eubel, p. 277.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Gulik and Eubel, pp. 97 and 326. B. Hauréau, Gallia christiana XVI (Paris 1856), p. 332.
- ^ Sainte-Marthe, Gallia christiana I, p. 843.
- ^ Fisquet, La France pontificale: Montpellier II, p. 236
- ^ Aubery III, p. 86.
Bibliography
- Aubery, Antoine (1645). Histoire Generalle Des Cardinaux (in French). Vol. Partie III. Paris: Jean Jost. pp. 82–86.
- Eubel, Konrad (1901). Hierarchia catholica medii aevi: 1434-1503 (in Latin). Vol. Volume II. Münster: sumptibus et typis librariae Regensbergianae.
{{cite book}}:|volume=has extra text (help) - Fisquet, Honoré Jean Pierre (1864). La France pontificale (Gallia Christiana): Montpellier. Vol. deuxieme partie. Paris: Etienne Repos.
- Gulik, Guilelmus van; Konrad Eubel (1923). L. Schmitz-Kallenberg (ed.). Hierarchia catholica medii aevi (in Latin). Vol. Volume III (editio altera ed.). Münster: sumptibus et typis librariae Regensbergianae.
{{cite book}}:|volume=has extra text (help) - Sainte-Marthe, Denis; Hauréau, Barthélemy (1715). Gallia Christiana: In Provincias Ecclesiasticas Distributa... Provinciae Albiensis, Aquensis, Avenionenses, Arelatensis, Auxitana (in Latin). Vol. Tomus I. Paris: Typographia Regia.
- Sainte-Marthe, Denis (1739). Gallia Christiana, In Provincias Ecclesiasticas Distributa; Ubi de Provincia Narbonensi (in Latin). Vol. Tomus sextus (VI). Paris: Ex Typographia Regia.