Philippe de Luxembourg (1445 – 2 June 1519) was a French
Cardinal
Cardinal or The Cardinal may refer to:
Animals
* Cardinal (bird) or Cardinalidae, a family of North and South American birds
**''Cardinalis'', genus of cardinal in the family Cardinalidae
**''Cardinalis cardinalis'', or northern cardinal, the ...
Life
He was
bishop of Le Mans
The Catholic Diocese of Le Mans (Latin: ''Dioecesis Cenomanensis''; French: ''Diocèse du Mans'') is a Catholic diocese of France. The diocese is now a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rennes, Dol, and Saint-Malo but had previously been suffraga ...
in 1476. He was
bishop of Thérouanne
A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.
In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
1496 to 1513, and
bishop of Saint-Pons in 1509, when his nephew died, and until 1512, when he resigned in favour of
François-Guillaume de Castelnau de Clermont-Lodève. He was abbot at the
abbey of Jumièges in 1510.
He was a judge at the 1498 divorce trial of King
Louis XII
Louis XII (27 June 14621 January 1515), was King of France from 1498 to 1515 and King of Naples from 1501 to 1504. The son of Charles, Duke of Orléans, and Maria of Cleves, he succeeded his 2nd cousin once removed and brother in law at the tim ...
and Queen
Joan of France. He was
papal legate
300px, A woodcut showing Henry II of England greeting the pope's legate.
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to France in 1516.
Family
His father was Cardinal
Thibaud de Luxembourg Thibaud is a name of French origin, a form of Theobald.
Surname
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.
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1445 births
1519 deaths
French abbots
16th-century French cardinals
Cardinals created by Pope Alexander VI
Cardinal-bishops of Albano
Cardinal-bishops of Frascati
15th-century French Roman Catholic bishops
Bishops of Arras
Bishops of Le Mans
Bishops of Saint-Pons-de-Thomières
Bishops of Thérouanne