Gaillard de Préchac or de Preyssac was a French Roman Catholic cleric.
His mother Vidal/Vitale/Gailharde de Got was the sister of
pope Clement V
Pope Clement V ( la, Clemens Quintus; c. 1264 – 20 April 1314), born Raymond Bertrand de Got (also occasionally spelled ''de Guoth'' and ''de Goth''), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 5 June 1305 to his de ...
and of Arnaud-Garcie de Gout. Gaillard's father was Arnaud-Bernard I de Préchac (Préchac and Preyssac à Daignac ; soudan de la Trau). Gaillard's uncle made him
bishop of Toulouse
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toulouse (–Saint Bertrand de Comminges–Rieux) ( la, Archidioecesis Tolosana (–Convenarum–Rivensis); French: ''Archidiocèse de Toulouse (–Saint-Bertrand de Comminges–Rieux-Volvestre)''; Occitan: ''A ...
in 1305, but in 1317 he was dismissed for wasting the diocese's revenues and complicity in
Hugues Géraud
Hugues Géraud (died 30 August 1317) was a 14th-century Roman Catholic bishop, serving as bishop of Cahors from 1313 until his dismissal in 1317 for attempting to murder pope John XXII by poison and witchcraft, for which he was burned at the stake ...
's plot against
pope John XXII
Pope John XXII ( la, Ioannes PP. XXII; 1244 – 4 December 1334), born Jacques Duèze (or d'Euse), was head of the Catholic Church from 7 August 1316 to his death in December 1334.
He was the second and longest-reigning Avignon Pope, elected by ...
.
[, ''Annales du Midi'', p. 369-411 alias p. 1-43 (notably p. 22 and 26 and the family tree between pages 42 and 43)]
See also
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Gaillard de la Mothe
Gaillard de La Mothe (also spelled de La Motte, de LaMotte, della Motta) was a fourteenth-century prelate and Cardinal, of Gascon extraction. Gaillard was born towards the end of the 13th century, either in Toulouse or Bordeaux, and died in Avigno ...
, whose mother was de Preyssac's cousin
References
category:Bishops of Toulouse
14th-century French Roman Catholic bishops
1327 deaths
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