Jean Bilhères de Lagraulas
Jean de Bilhères Lagraulas (also Jean de Villiers de La Groslaye * 1434 / 1439 in Gascony ; † 6. August 1499 in Rome ) was a French clergyman, Cardinal and Ambassador of France under Louis XI. and Charles VIII . He is also known as the Cardinal of Saint-Denis .
Live and act
Jean Bilhères de Lagraulas joined the Benedictine order of the Condom Monastery and studied theology . From 1468 he was abbot of the monastery of St.-Michel de Pessan in the diocese of Auch , until he was appointed bishop of Lombez by Pope Sixtus IV in 1473 . He also became abbot of Saint-Denis shortly afterwards.
King Louis XI. sent him after the death of Count Jean V of Armagnac in a diplomatic mission to Armagnac and then as ambassador to Spain .
Later he was under King Charles VIII . Ambassador in Germany and at the papal court in Rome.
1493 he was by Pope Alexander VI. appointed cardinal.
He commissioned Michelangelo Buonarroti to make the famous Pietà for his funerary chapel Santa Petronilla in the old basilica of St. Peter .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bilhères DE Lagraulas, Jean, "Dictionnaire Biografico". Retrieved April 22, 2019 (it-IT).
- ^ Simona Di Nepi: Art in 30 Seconds - From Giotto to Warhol. 50 works of art that have changed the way we see . Ed .: Lee Beard. Librero, ISBN 978-94-6359-087-7 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bilhères de Lagraulas, Jean |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | de Villiers de La Groslaye, Jean |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1434 or 1439 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gascony |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 6, 1499 |
| Place of death | Rome |