Pierre de Gondi
Pierre de Gondi, cardinal de Retz (1533–1616) was a French bishop and cardinal of the Gondi family.
Life
[edit]Born in Lyon, he was a brother of Albert de Gondi (two of whose sons, Henri and Jean-François, succeeded Pierre as bishop of Paris) and a protégé of Catherine de Médicis. In turn, he became bishop of Langres (1565), bishop of Paris (1570), chancellor and grand almoner to Elisabeth of Austria, wife of Charles IX of France.
He was created cardinal in 1587.
Gondi undertook several missions to Rome under Henry III of France and Henry IV of France and attended the 1592 papal conclave.
References
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Bouillet, Marie-Nicolas; Chassang, Alexis, eds. (1878). Dictionnaire Bouillet (in French). ((cite encyclopedia)): Missing or empty|title=(help)- House of Gondi on web.genealogie
Catholic Church titles
Preceded byGuillaume Viole
Bishop of Paris 1573–1598
Succeeded byHenri de Gondi
Records
Preceded byFrancesco Mantica
Oldest living Member of the Sacred College 30 January 1614 - 17 February 1616
Succeeded byDomenico Toschi
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