Aldouin Alberti

Aldouin Alberti (also Audouin Aubert , Andoino, Audynous or Audoin Alberti da Bessiaco ; * in Beyssac near Brives , Limousin ; † May 10, 1363 in Avignon ) was a cardinal of the Roman Church .

Career

Audouin Aubert was born as the third son of Gui Aubert and Marguerite de Livron, who were ennobled by King Philippe de Valois in March 1338 . On his father's side, he was a nephew of Cardinal Etienne Aubert , who later became Pope Innocent VI, who encouraged him during and after his training. Aubert was first canon in Sainte-Radegonde in Poitiers and was elected Bishop of Paris on September 12, 1349 after various tasks in several French dioceses . In the following year, on December 20, 1350, he became bishop of Auxerre and took over the diocese of Maguelone as bishop on January 30, 1353 . On February 15, 1353 he was succeeded by his uncle as cardinal priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo , he gave up the office of Bishop of Maguelonne in January 1354 and settled in Avignon. In July 1361 he became Cardinal Bishop of the Diocese of Ostia . After the death of his uncle Alberti took part in the conclave of 1362 in Avignon, at which Urban V was elected Pope on September 28, 1362 and consecrated Bishop of Rome by Alberti on November 6, 1362 .

Web links

• Aubert, Andouin. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed August 3, 2016.
• Biographical information on auxerre.historique.free.fr (French)

predecessor	Office	successor
Foulques II. De Chanac	Bishop of Paris 1349-1350	Pierre III. de Lafôret
Pierre de Cros	Bishop of Auxerre 1350-1353	Jean d'Auxois
Arnaud de Verdale	Bishop of Maguelonne 1353-1354	Durand de Chapelles
Pierre Bertrand de Colombier	Cardinal Bishop of Ostia 1361-1363	Elie de Saint Yrieux