Raoul de Grosparmy

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Raoul de Grosparmy , or Radulfus , (* in Périers ; † August 10, 1270 outside Tunis ), was a Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal in the 13th century. He should not be confused with his successor in office in Évreux, Raoul de Chevriêres.

Grosparmy was a canon in the Chapter of the Cathedral of Bayeux and served between the years 1253 and 1260 the French King Louis IX. the saint as keeper of the seals . In 1259 he was elected Bishop of Évreux and consecrated the abbey church of Saint-Taurin on October 19, 1259 in the presence of the king. Grosparmy traveled to Rome in 1260 on a diplomatic mission for the king . On December 17, 1261, he was ordained Cardinal Bishop of Albano by Pope Urban IV . In the following years he was in papal service, for which he gave up his church office in France. In 1264/1265 he took part in the conclave for the election of Pope Clement IV . After defeat and death of Staufer King Manfred Raoul was from 1266 to 1268 as a bequest with the reorganization of ecclesiastical affairs in the Kingdom of Sicily commissioned.

Grosparmy was appointed legate for the seventh crusade by Pope Clement IV († 1268) . was cited. A few days before the king, Grosparmy died of the dysentery in August 1270 in the camp near Tunis .

Individual proof

  1. ↑ Guillaume de Nangis , Gesta Sancti Ludovici , ed. by M. Daunou in the Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France (RHGF) , Vol. XX (Paris, 1840), p. 456

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predecessor Office successor
Jean de La Cour d'Aubergenville Bishop of Évreux
1259–1263 		Raoul de Chevriêres
Pierre de Colle Medio Cardinal Bishop of Albano
1261–1270 		Johannes Bonaventure
personal data
SURNAME Raoul de Grosparmy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Radulfus de Grosparmy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Évreux, Cardinal Bishop of Albano, papal legate
DATE OF BIRTH 13th Century
PLACE OF BIRTH Périers
DATE OF DEATH August 10, 1270
Place of death Tunis