Guillaume d'Aigrefeuille l'Ancien

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Guillaume d'Aigrefeuille l'Ancien

Guillaume d'Aigrefeuille l'Ancien (* 1326 in La Font ( Diocese of Limoges ), † October 4, 1369 in Viterbo ), known as "Cardinal of Saragossa", was the second son of Guillaume d'Aigrefeuille and Aiglinde de Tudeils., The Brother of Aymar d'Aigrefeuille , Marshal of the Papal Court in Avignon , and of Cardinal Faydit d'Aigrefeuille , as well as the uncle of Cardinal Guillaume d'Aigrefeuille le Jeune .

Life

Cardinal at the age of 24

He owed his ecclesiastical career to his cousin Pierre Roger, who later became Pope Clement VI.

He joined the Benedictines of Beaulieu, then went to the Lagrasse monastery in the Diocese of Carcassonne. He was appointed Prior of Saint-Pierre in Abbeville by the Archbishop of Rouen, who was related to him . Shortly after his election, Pope Clement VI. made him Apostolic Protonotary and Auditor of the Rota in Avignon . He was just 20 years old when he was elected Archbishop of Saragossa on January 19, 1347 .

At the consistory of December 17, 1350 he was appointed cardinal priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere . In the same round of appointments there were also Raymond de Canillac , Pierre de Cros and Étienne de la Garde , also relatives of the Pope.

Legacy for Innozen VI.

Two years later, on December 16, he participated as one of 25 members of the College of Cardinals in the conclave , which was a successor to Clement VI. chose. On December 18, 1352, she chose another Limousin , Étienne Aubert , who was Innocent VI. called. This Pope made him legate in Sicily in 1355 to administer the kingdom after the death of King Ludwig .

After the death of Innocent VI. on September 22, 1362, 20 cardinals entered the conclave. Six days later, Guillaume Grimoard, Abbot of Saint-Victor in Marseilles , who took the name Urban V , was elected. The candidacy was proposed and supported by Cardinal d'Aigrefeuille. on the advice of his brother Pierre , Bishop of Uzès .

The founder of the Principality of Andorra

He was made cardinal priest of Santa Susanna by Urban V in October 1363 , then Camerlengo and on September 17, 1367 Bishop of Sabina . He accompanied the Pope on his return to Rome in the same year. Urban V. appointed him arbitrator in the dispute over Andorra between the Bishop of Urgell and Gaston Fébus , Count of Foix . It was the cardinal who, according to the statutes he gave them, turned it into a principality in which two co-princes ruled.

The cardinal succumbs to the plague

In 1368 Guillaume d'Aigrefeuille asked about benefits for his biological cousins ​​Bertrand de Vayrac and Jean de Merle. On October 31, 1368 Urban V made a legate for the Kingdom of Naples.

On October 4, 1369 he died of the plague in Viterbo . First they were buried on site in the Augustinian or Trinity Church, then his remains were brought to Saint-Martial de Limoges, where he had a magnificent tomb built.

literature

  • François Duchesne : Histoire de tous les cardinaux françois de naissance. Paris 1660.
  • Étienne Baluze : Vitae paparum Avenionensium, sive collectio actorum veterum. Volumes 1 and 2, Paris 1693.
  • Auguste de Boyes, François Arbelot: Biography of the Hommes illustres de l'ancienne province du Limousin. Limoges 1854.

Remarks

  1. The epitaph of the first cardinal of Aigrefeuille specified: oriundus de loco de Fonte, Diœcesis Lemovicensis ; However, La Font had only belonged to the family since 1343
  2. In addition to Aymar, Guillaume and Faydit, the couple had eight other children: Pierre (Bishop and others of Avignon), Raymond ( Bishop of Rodez ), Bernard ( Bishop of Viviers ), Étienne ( Abbot of La Chaise-Dieu ), Éléonore (she married Bertrand de Vayrac), Florence (abbess of Elnon ( Rouergue ) and Nonenque ), Marguerite (she married Bertrand de Saillac) and Raymonde (nun in Sainte-Marie de la Règle in Limoges ).
  3. a b c d e f g h i Aigrefeuille, seniore, OSB, Guillaume d '. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website ), accessed December 21, 2018.
  4. Pierre d'Aigrefeuille knew Guillaume Grimoard very well, who had been his vicar general in the dioceses of Clermont and Uzès.
  5. Bertrand was the son of Bertrand de Vayrac and Eléonore d'Aigrefeuille