Géraud du Puy, also known as Géraud du Puy de Miremont (? – September 4, 1420) was a French,

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Montauban Montauban (, ; ) is a commune in the southern French department of Tarn-et-Garonne. It is the capital of the department and lies north of Toulouse. Montauban is the most populated town in Tarn-et-Garonne, and the sixth most populated of Oc ...

, Saint-Flour, Mende and

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. He also had a substantial political career. He was perhaps born in Saint-Flour in

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, although this is uncertain. On 13 November 1403, he was elected bishop of Montauban. One year later, on 17 December 1404, he also became bishop of Saint-Flour, although he didn't take office until 25 May 1410. On January 4, 1413, the bishopric of Mende was added, which ''

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'' made him also the count of Gévaudan, because of an arrangement in 1307 with the French crown. In May of the same year, his fourth and final title was added, the bishop of Carcassonne. Next to his ecclesiastical career, du Puy had an extensive politic and diplomatic career. In 1415, he attended the

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and was sent on a mission to Paris to negotiate the resignation of pope Benedict XIII.Mortimer, Ian. '1415 Henry's Year of Glory'. Vintage, 2010, p. 225. He died on September 4, 1420, in Carcassonne and is buried there in the

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du Puy, Geraud 15th-century French Roman Catholic bishops Bishops of Montauban Bishops of Carcassonne Bishops of Saint-Flour Bishops of Mende 14th-century births {{France-RC-bishop-stub