Hélias de Saint-Yrieix (died 1367) was a French

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Life

Hélias was born at Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, south of Limoges (Poitou). He had a nephew, John of S. Aredio (Yrieix). He was also a ''consanguineus'' of Bernard de Castris, papal marshal of the Romandiola. Cardella states that he was a Doctor of Canon Law. He was abbot of Saint Maixent from 1329 to 1335. He was appointed abbot of the

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, on 13 June 1335. He held the position of ''Auditor literarum contradictarum'' in the papal chancery in Avignon.

Bishop

On 5 September 1344, he was appointed bishop of Uzès by Pope Innocent VI. In November 1351, he took part in a provincial council held by Pierre de la Jugié, Archbishop of Narbonne, in Beziers. On 1 September 1351, he and the bishop of Carpentras were appointed to investigate the claims of potential sainthood of Elzearius de Sabrano.

Cardinal

He was created cardinal priest of Stefano al Monte Celio by

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in the consistory of 23 December 1356. Around 3 April 1363, Cardinal Hélias of S. Stefano was granted the Provostship of the cathedral of Mainz. Shortly after 10 May 1363, he was promoted suburbicarian

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. In 1357, he was one of several cardinal-judges in the case of Richardus Armachanus, (Richard Fitz Ralph, Archbishop of Armagh). The pope also appointed him a judge in the lawsuit between the cathedral Chapter of Paris and the Chapter of the Collegiate Church of S. Benoît. On, or shortly before, 4 March 1365, Bishop Hélias of Ostia resigned the benefice of Prior of the Benedictine church of Ispaniaco (diocese of Mende). On 28 February 1366, Pope Urban V (1362–1370) granted him the Provostship of Wydoy, near Limburg in the diocese of Liège. Upon his death, 10 May 1367, he was buried in the cathedral of S. Marie de Domps in

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.Baluze, p. 448: "Falluntur enim qui eum apud Franciscanos Avenionenses sepultum tradunt. Qui error ex eo profectus est quod hunc Heliam confundant cum Helia de Nabilanis, presbytero cardinale tituli Sancti Vitalis. Cardella, p. 192. Alfonso Chacon wrongly states that the burial took place in the church of the Franciscans; he is followed by Salvador Miranda
''The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church''
retrieved: 1 Sep 2024.

References

Sources

*Baluze, Etienne, ''Vitae paparum avenionensium: hoc est Historia pontificum Romanorum qui in Gallia sederunt ab anno Christi MCCCV usque ad annum MCCCXCIV.,'' Volume 2. new edition, ed. G. Mollat; Paris: Letouzey et Ané, 1928
pp. 447-448
*Cardella, Lorenzo (1793). ''Memorie storiche de cardinali della Santa romana chiesa.'' . Roma: Pagliarini, 1793
pp. 191-192
* *Lecacheux, Paul (1902)
''Lettres secrètes et curiales du pape Urbain V (1362-1370) se rapportant à la France.''
. Volume 1. Paris: A. Fontemoing 1902. {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint-Yrieix, Helias 1367 deaths French Benedictines 14th-century French cardinals Cardinal-bishops of Ostia Bishops of Uzès French abbots Year of birth unknown