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Pierre de Foix, le vieux

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His Eminence

Role
  
Le vieux

Name
  
Pierre Foix,


Informal style
  
Cardinal

Spoken style
  
Your Eminence

Died
  
December 13, 1464

Pierre de Foix, le vieux

Peter of Foix the Elder (Fr.: Pierre de Foix, le vieux) (1386 – 13 December 1464) was a French cardinal, created in 1409.

He was the son of Archambaud de Grailly, captal de Buch and Isabella, Countess of Foix.

He was a papal legate in Avignon (1433–1464) and Archbishop of Arles from 1450 to 1463.

He founded both the University of Avignon, and the Collège de Foix in Toulouse.

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Pierre de Foix, le vieux Wikipedia