Simon de Langres was a French Dominican friar from

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and

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from 1352 to 1366. From 1350 to 1352 was he was the

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. In 1360 he was made the

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(Papal envoy) to France, and in 1363 to

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. On 16 March 1366, Simon was appointed

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and resigned his position of Master of the Dominican Order. In 1382 he was transferred to the

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, but one year later resigned. On 7 June 1384 he died in the convent of

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. During his tenure were established the '' Studia Generalia'' solicited by Emperor Charles IV and was celebrated the famous Chapter of

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, in 1359, during which the emperor filled the friars of the most delicate attentions.

Sources

* Daniel Antonin Mortier, ''Histoire des maîtres généraux de l'Ordre des frères prêcheurs'', Picara 1907, Vol. 3 1384 deaths French Dominicans Bishops of Nantes Year of birth unknown Masters of the Order of Preachers 14th-century French Roman Catholic bishops {{france-reli-bio-stub