Pierre de Foix (1386-13 December 1464) was a French cardinal, created in 1409. Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life
He was a papal legate in Avignon (1433-1464) and Archbishop of Arles from 1450 to 1463. A Papal Legate – from the Latin authentic Roman title Legatus – is a personal representative of the Pope to Foreign nations or to some part of the Catholic Avignon (/aviɲɔ̃/ in French) ( Provençal: Avinhon in classical norm or Avignoun in Mistralian norm is a commune The former French Catholic Archbishopric of Arles had its episcopal see in the city of Arles, in southern France.
He founded both the University of Avignon, and the Collège de Foix in Toulouse. The University of Avignon (long name University of Avignon and the Vaucluse French Université d'Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse) is a French university based in Toulouse ( pronounced in standard French, and in the local accent ( Occitan: Tolosa, pronounced) is a city in southwest
See also
- Pierre de Foix le jeune
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