Jean du Bellay | |
|---|---|
| Cardinal-Bishop | |
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| Church | Santa Cecilia in Trastevere San Pietro in Vincoli San Crisogono |
| Diocese | Paris (1532–1560) |
| See | Albano (1550–1553) Tusculum (1553) Porto (1553–1555) Ostia (1555–1560) |
| Orders | |
| Created cardinal | 21 May 1535 by Pope Paul III |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1492 |
| Died | 16 February 1560 (aged 67–68) Rome, Papal States |
| Buried | Sma. Trinità dei Monti |
| Nationality | French |
| Residence | Paris |
| Parents | Louis du Bellay Marguerite de la Tour-Landry |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
| Education | Licenciate in Canon and Civil Law |
| Alma mater | Sorbonne (?) |
Jean du Bellay (1492[1] – 16 February 1560) was a French diplomat and cardinal, a younger brother of Guillaume du Bellay, and cousin and patron of the poet Joachim du Bellay. He was bishop of Bayonne by 1526, member of the Conseil privé (privy council) of King Francis I from 1530, and bishop of Paris from 1532. He became Bishop of Ostia and Dean of the College of Cardinals in 1555.
- ^ J. & L. Michaud (edd.), "Bellay (Jean du)," Biographie universelle Tome IV (Paris 1811), p. 94.