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Cardinal Guy de Boulogne | |
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Cardinal-Bishop | |
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Church | Santa Cecilia in Trastevere (1342-1350) |
Archdiocese | Lyon (1340-1342) |
Diocese | Porto (1350-1373) |
Orders | |
Created cardinal | 20 September 1342 by Pope Clement VI |
Personal details | |
Born | 1313 |
Died | 25 November 1373 Lleida, Principality of Catalonia |
Buried | Abbaye du Bouschet-Vauluisant Diocese of Clermont |
Nationality | French |
Parents | Robert VII of Auvergne and Boulogne Marie de Flandre |
Occupation | diplomat |
Education | Theology |
Alma mater | University of Paris |
Guy of Boulogne (1313[1] – 25 November 1373) was a statesman and cardinal who served the Avignon Papacy for 33 years. He participated in the papal conclaves of 1352, 1362 and 1370, and was the Subdean of the Sacred College of Cardinals. His diplomatic postings were extensive, including Hungary, Italy, and Spain. He headed an effort to end the Hundred Years' War. The historian Kenneth Setton called him "one of the commanding figures of his day, and the letters of Petrarch abound with references to him".