Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord

Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord [ Elias Talleyrand de Périgord.] (1301-1364) was a French Cardinal [1331. [http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/consistories-xiv.htm] ] , from an aristocratic family in Périgord, south-west France. He was born at Périgueux, son of Elias VII, Count of Périgord. [ [http://jeanlucmontant.free.fr/perigord4.htm perigord4 ] ]

He was Bishop of Limoges (1324), then Bishop of Auxerre (1329), Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli (1331), Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1348) and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals (1361). [ [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=33496] [http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1331.htm] ] 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 [ [http://www.fullbooks.com/The-Travels-of-Marco-Polo-Volume-216.html The Travels of Marco Polo, Volume 2 by Marco Polo and Rustichello of Pisa - Full Text Free Book (Part 16/23) ] ] , and corresponding with Petrarch.

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)"

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