François de Tournon

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François de Tournon (14891562) was a French Augustinian diplomat and Cardinal[1]. From 1536 he was also a military leader of French forces operating in Provence, Savoy and Piedmont. In the same year he founded the Collège de Tournon. For a period he was effectively France's foreign minister.

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  1. ^ From 1530; bishop of Sabina from 1550, bishop of Ostia in 1560.

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