Guillaume de Chanac
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Guillaume de Chanac[1] (died 1383) was a French Benedictine who became a Cardinal[2].
He was abbot at Beze, and then was abbot at Saint-Florent from 1354 to 1368[3]. He was bishop of Chartres and then bishop of Mende, for brief periods up to 1371.
He supported the Collège de Chanac Pompadour in Paris[4], named after his great-uncle of the same name.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Guglielmo de Chanac.
- ^ From 1371[1]; bishop of Frascati in 1383.
- ^ [2], [3].
- ^ Famille Chanac
[edit] External links
- (Italian) Biography
- (Latin) Epitaph, old dictionary page with short biography