Miles (or Milon) de Dormans ( 1343 – 17 August 1387) was a French prelate, bishop and

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in 1380.

Biography

He was the son of

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, Chancellor of France, a nephew of Cardinal

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and the brother of

, the

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(1343-1387). While he was professor ''utrius juris'' ( civil law and

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) at the

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, he was appointed bishop of Angers in 1371. He was then appointed

bishop of Bayeux The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bayeux and Lisieux (Latin: ''Dioecesis Baiocensis et Lexoviensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Bayeux et Lisieux'') is a diocese of the Catholic Church in France. It is coextensive with the Department of Calvados and is ...

on 16 June 1374 and subsequently

bishop of Beauvais The Diocese of Beauvais, Noyon, and Senlis ( la, Dioecesis Bellovacensis, Noviomensis et Silvanectensis; french: Diocèse de Beauvais, Noyon et Senlis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The di ...

on 31 January 1375.Catholic Hierarchy: Bishop Milon des Dormans
/ref> He was appointed

on 1 October 1380. He died on 17 August 1387.Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1913)
Hierarchia catholica
vol. 1 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana (in Latin), vol I, pp. 88, 125, 132

References

1343 births 1387 deaths Bishops of Beauvais Bishops of Angers Bishops of Bayeux Chancellors of France {{France-RC-bishop-stub