Jean de La Rochetaillée (died 1437) was a French churchman, eminent jurist, and
Cardinal. His real name was Jean de Fort.
He was
bishop of Saint-Papoul
The former French Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Papoul, now a Latin titular see, was created by Pope John XXII in 1317 and existed until the Napoleonic Concordat of 1811.
The seat of the diocese was at Saint-Papoul, in south-west France, in the ...
in 1413,
bishop of Geneva
The Catholic Diocese of Geneva was a Latin Catholic diocese in part of Switzerland and Savoy from 400 to 1801 when it merged with the Diocese of Chambéry. The merged diocese later lost Swiss territory to the Catholic Diocese of Lausanne, Geneva ...
in 1418, and
bishop of Paris in 1421/2. He became
archbishop of Rouen
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rouen (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Rothomagensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Rouen'') is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. As one of the fifteen Archbishops of France, the Arch ...
in 1423, but fell out with his chapter. From 1430/1 he was
archbishop of Besançon.
He was created
titular Patriarch of Constantinople in 1412, and Cardinal in 1426. He was
Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church
The Apostolic ChanceryCanon 260, ''Code of Canon Law'' of 1917, translated by Edward N. Peters, Ignatius Press, 2001. ( la, Cancellaria Apostolica; also known as the "Papal" or "Roman Chanc(ell)ery") was a dicastery of the Roman Curia at the ser ...
in 1436/7. Jean attended the
Council of Basel
The Council of Florence is the seventeenth ecumenical council recognized by the Catholic Church, held between 1431 and 1449. It was convoked as the Council of Basel by Pope Martin V shortly before his death in February 1431 and took place in ...
from May 1433 to April 1435, functioning as the council's vice-chancellor too.
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Biography
1360s births
1437 deaths
Clergy from Lyon
15th-century French cardinals
Canon law jurists
Archbishops of Besançon
Bishops of Paris
Archbishops of Rouen
Bishops of Saint-Papoul
Year of birth unknown
Latin Patriarchs of Constantinople
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