Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord

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Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord[1] (1301-1364) was a French Cardinal[2], from an aristocratic family in Périgord, south-west France. He was born at Périgueux, son of Hélie VII, comte du Périgord.[3]

He was Bishop of Limoges (1324), then Bishop of Auxerre (1329), and Bishop of Albano (1348).[4] He was a major figure in the Avignon papacy, and also a diplomat engaged in the negotiations of the Hundred Years War.

He was also a literary patron, promoting the writing of the 1336 travels of William of Bodensele[5], and corresponding with Petrarch.

[edit] References

  • Norman P. Zacour, Petrarch and Talleyrand, Speculum, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Oct., 1956), pp. 683-703
  • Norman P. Zacour (1960) Talleyrand: The Cardinal of Perigord (1301-1364)

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Elias Talleyrand de Périgord.
  2. ^ 1331.[1]
  3. ^ [2]
  4. ^ [3]
  5. ^ [4]

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