Alain (II) de Coëtivy (8 November 1407 – 4 May 1474) was a prelate from a

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noble family. He was bishop of Avignon,

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, Nîmes and of Dol, titular cardinal of

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, then cardinal-bishop of Palestrina and cardinal-bishop of Sabina. Many sources mention him as the Cardinal of Avignon. Alain de Coëtivy was born at Plounéventer,

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. His mother was Catherine du Chastel, and her brother was Tanneguy du Chastel, soldier and favorite of Charles VII.

Career

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of Le Léon, 5 July 1436 – 30 October 1437; *bishop of Avignon, 30 October 1437 – 1474, carrying out building works on the

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at Avignon; *46th bishop of Uzès, 1442 to 1445; *made cardinal ''in pectore'' by

Pope Eugenius IV Pope Eugene IV ( la, Eugenius IV; it, Eugenio IV; 1383 – 23 February 1447), born Gabriele Condulmer, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 3 March 1431 to his death in February 1447. Condulmer was a Venetian, and ...

, confirmed by

Pope Nicholas V Pope Nicholas V ( la, Nicholaus V; it, Niccolò V; 13 November 1397 – 24 March 1455), born Tommaso Parentucelli, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 6 March 1447 until his death in March 1455. Pope Eugene made ...

in January 1447; *made cardinal priest on the consistory of 20 December 1448; *made titular cardinal of

, 3 January 1449; *made honorary bishop of Nîmes on 1 April 1454, by transfer of a cousin, Jean du Châtel, to

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; *made bishop-administrator of Dol, 18 June 1456; *present at the papal conclave of 1464 which elected

Pope Paul II Pope Paul II ( la, Paulus II; it, Paolo II; 23 February 1417 – 26 July 1471), born Pietro Barbo, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 30 August 1464 to his death in July 1471. When his maternal uncle Eugene IV ...

; *as cardinal, made bishop of

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on 7 June 1465, then of

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on 11 December 1472; *made (honorary?) abbot of the abbey of

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in 1468. He also held the benefices of the parish of Marsac, which he resigned at the request of Pierre II de Bretagne on 4 September 1451. It was he who created the parish of Saint-Yves-des-Bretons in

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, with Pope Nicholas ceding Saint-André-de-Mortaraziis to the Breton nation, who reconsecrated it to their saint Yvesbr>
He opposed

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for his Greek background. He was sent as a pontifical legate to Charles VII, king of France, in 1456, charged by

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with making Charles set out on a crusade against the Turks. He died in

, at his palace on

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, on 3 May 1474, and was buried in Rome. His monument at Santa Prassede was executed by

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Sources

*Cardinal creation dates according to
Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church

Bibliography

*Albanès, Joseph Hyacinthe (completed, annotated and published by Chevalier Ulysse), ''Gallia christiana novissima. Histoire des archevêchés, évêques et abbayes de France d'après les documents authentiques recueillis dans les registres du Vatican et les archives locales.'' *Catel, Guillaume de, ''Histoire de Languedoc'' *

Léon Ménard Léon Ménard (12 September 1706 – 1 October 1767) was a French lawyer and historian.Gustave Bayle, Leo Menard, author of the History of Nimes, Avignon, Nîmes: impr. F. Chastanier 1895 Biography Ménard was born at Tarascon. When he had co ...

, ''Histoire de Languedoc'' *Germer-Durand Eugène, ''Le Prieuré et le Pont de Saint-Nicolas-de-Campagnac'' *De la Roque, Louis, ''Armorial de Languedoc'' * Joseph Vaissète, ''Histoire générale du Languedoc'' *Charvet, Georges, ''La première maison d'Uzès, étude historique et généalogique de la première maison d'Uzès suivi du catalogue analytique des évêques d'Uzès'' (Nîmes, edited by Lacour-Ollé, 2002 reissue) 1407 births 1474 deaths Bishops of Avignon Bishops of Dol Bishops of Nîmes Bishops of Uzès 15th-century French cardinals Cardinal-bishops of Palestrina Cardinal-bishops of Sabina {{France-RC-bishop-stub