René de Prie
René de Prie (1451–1519) was a French Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.
Biography
René de Prie was born in Touraine in 1451, the son of Antoine de Prie, baron of Buzançais, and Madeleine d'Amboise.[1] He was a cousin of Cardinal Georges d'Amboise.[1]
Through the influence of his cousin the cardinal, Prie became grand-archdeacon of Bourges; archdeacon of Blois; and dean of the Église Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand. He was also a protonotary apostolic.[1]
On August 3, 1498, he was elected Bishop of Bayeux.[1] He entered his see on March 25, 1499 and occupied it until November 24, 1516.[1]
On January 8, 1499, in Nantes, he signed the marriage contract of Louis XII of France and Anne of Brittany.[1] Louis XII then sent him to Étaples to conclude a treaty with Henry VII of England. He became prior of Layrac.[1] During the Italian War of 1499–1504, he accompanied Louis XII to Genoa.[1] On May 20, 1506, the king gave him the title of baron of Précigné and the abbey of Déols.[1]
Pope Julius II made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of May 17, 1507.[1] He received the titular church of Santa Lucia in Septisolio on May 17, 1507.[1] Cardinal Georges d'Amboise, who was then the papal legate to France, presented him with the red hat on August 5, 1507 in the church of the Dominicans in Lyon.[1]
In 1509, the king of France sent him to Rome as his ambassador to the Holy See.[1] He opted for the titular church of San Vitale on November 7, 1509.[1] Following the arrest of Cardinal François Guillaume de Castelnau-Clermont-Ludève on June 29, 1510, Cardinal de Prie left Rome along with other prelates loyal to Louis XII.[1] During the War of the League of Cambrai, he accompanied Louis XII in his expedition against Milan in October 1510, in direct violation of the pope's orders.[1] On March 17, 1511, he opted for the titular church of Santa Sabina.[1] Pope Julius II deposed him as a cardinal on October 24, 1511 and excommunicated him for his role in organizing a schismatic council at Pisa that opened on November 1, 1511.[1] On January 10, 1512, he wrote to the University of Paris in opposition to writings by Thomas Cajetan attacking Jean Gerson.[1]
Because of his deposition as a cardinal, he was unable to participate in the papal conclave of 1513 that elected Pope Leo X.[1] On January 20, 1514, he presided at the funeral of Anne of Brittany in the Basilica of St Denis.[1] He soon reconciled with the new pope, being pardoned and reinstated on April 24, 1514.[1]
On August 21, 1514, he became prior of the Benedictine monastery at Malpas.[1] From August 18, 1514 to December 5, 1516, he was the Bishop of Limoges.[1] On September 14, 1514, he presided at the marriage of Louis XII of France to Mary Tudor.[1]
He died at Lyre Abbey near Évreux on September 9, 1519.[1] He is buried in the Cistercian abbey of Notre-Dame de la Prée, Bourges.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Biographical Dictionary of the Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
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