Gaillard de Préchac or de Preyssac was a French Roman Catholic cleric.
His mother Vidal/Vitale/Gailharde de Got was the sister of
pope Clement V
Pope Clement V ( la, Clemens Quintus; c. 1264 – 20 April 1314), born Raymond Bertrand de Got (also occasionally spelled ''de Guoth'' and ''de Goth''), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 5 June 1305 to his de ...
and of Arnaud-Garcie de Gout. Gaillard's father was Arnaud-Bernard I de Préchac (Préchac and Preyssac à Daignac ; soudan de la Trau). Gaillard's uncle made him
bishop of Toulouse
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toulouse (–Saint Bertrand de Comminges–Rieux) ( la, Archidioecesis Tolosana (–Convenarum–Rivensis); French: ''Archidiocèse de Toulouse (–Saint-Bertrand de Comminges–Rieux-Volvestre)''; Occitan: ''A ...
in 1305, but in 1317 he was dismissed for wasting the diocese's revenues and complicity in
Hugues Géraud's plot against
pope John XXII
Pope John XXII ( la, Ioannes PP. XXII; 1244 – 4 December 1334), born Jacques Duèze (or d'Euse), was head of the Catholic Church from 7 August 1316 to his death in December 1334.
He was the second and longest-reigning Avignon Pope, elected b ...
.
[, ''Annales du Midi'', p. 369-411 alias p. 1-43 (notably p. 22 and 26 and the family tree between pages 42 and 43)]
See also
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Gaillard de la Mothe, whose mother was de Preyssac's cousin
References
category:Bishops of Toulouse
14th-century French Roman Catholic bishops
1327 deaths
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