The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church

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Urban V (1362-1370)
Consistory of May 12, 1367 (II)
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(4) 1. AIGREFEUILLE, iuniore, O.S.B. Clun., Guillaume d' (1339-1401)

Birth. 1339, diocese of Limoges, France. Son of Adhémar d'Aigrefeuille. Nephew of Pope Clement VI. Nephew of Cardinal Guillaume d'Aigrefeuille, seniore (1350); and of Pseudocardinal Faydit d'Aigrefeuille, O.S.B. (1383). His last name is also listed as Agrifoglio.

Education. Entered the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines) at Cluny. Obtained a doctorate in canon law at the University of Toulouse.

Priesthood. Ordained (no further information found). Dean of the cathedral chapter of Clermont toward 1362. Protonotary apostolic. Auditor of the Sacred Roman Rota.

Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest of S. Stefano al Monte Celio in the consistory of May 12, 1367. Prebendary of Charminster and Bere, 1370-1374. Prebendary of Highworth, 1371. Archdeacon of Berkshire, 1371-1384. Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church from 1369; deposed by Urban VI in 1378; retained the post in the obedience of Avignon until his death. Testamentary executor of Pope Gregory XI in March 1378. Participated in the conclave of April 1378, which elected Pope Urban VI. Participated in the conclave of September 1378, which elected Antipope Clement VII, and joined his obedience. Legate of the antipope in Germany from November 29, 1378 until January 25, 1385. Cardinal protoprete in May 1385. Participated in the conclave of 1394, which elected Antipope Benedict XIII. Afterward, he retired to the house of his nephew Alzias d'Aigrefeuille. In his will, he left all his patrimonial possessions to his brother Jean d'Aigrefeuille.

Death. January 13, 1401, Avignon. Buried in the chapel of Saint-Étienne in the collegiate church of Saint-Martial in Avignon (1).

Bibliography. Cardella, Lorenzo. Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa. Rome : Stamperia Pagliarini, 1793, II, 214-216; Chacón, Alfonso. Vitæ, et res gestæ Pontificvm Romanorum et S. R. E. Cardinalivm ab initio nascentis Ecclesiæ vsque ad Vrbanvm VIII. Pont. Max. 2 volumes. Romae : Typis Vaticanis, 1677, II, col. 565-566; Du Chesne, François. Histoire de tous les cardinaux françois : de naissance, ou qui ont esté promeus au cardinalat par l'expresse recommandation de nos roys, pour les grands services qu'ils ont rendus a leur estat, et a leur couronne. Comprenant commairement leurs legations, ambassades & voyages par eux faits en divers pays & royaumes, vers les papes, empereurs, roys, potentats, republiques, communautex & universitez, pour affaires importantes à l'église universelle, & à l'auguste majesté de nos souuerains. Enrichie de leurs armes et de leurs portraits. Divisée en deux tomes, et justifiée par tiltres et chartres du thresor de sa majesté, arrests des parlemens de France, registres des Chambres des comptes; donations, fondations, epitaphes, testamens, manuscripts, ancients monumens, chroniques & chartulaires d'abbayes, & autres histoires publiques & particlieres. 2 vols. A Paris : Aux despens de l'autheur, & se vendent chez luy ..., 1660, I, 594-596; "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIVè siècle jusqu'au Grand Schisme". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1930. Paris : Maison de la Bonne Presse, 1930, p. 157; Eubel, Conradus and Gulik, Guglielmus van. Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi. Volumen I (1198-1431). Münich : Sumptibus et Typis Librariae Regensbergianae, 1913; reprint, Padua : Il Messagero di S. Antonio, 1960, pp. 20 and 47.

Webgraphy. His engraving and biography in Histoire de tous les cardinaux françois de naissance, ou qui ont esté promeus au cardinalat, by François Duchesne (1616-1693), 2 vols. Publisher : F. Duchesne (Paris), 1660, I, 594-596, Bibliothèque national de France, Gallica; his engraving and arms, Araldica Vaticana; head of his statue on his tomb, French School, 14th Century, in the church of Saint-Martial, Avignon, now at Musée du Petit Palais, Avignon, France; Note sur la famille d'Aigrefeuille, in French, toward the end of the page, web.archive.org; his engraving and arms, Araldica Vaticana.

(1) This is the text of his epitaph, taken from Chacón, Vitæ, et res gestæ Pontificvm Romanorum et S. R. E. Cardinalivm, II, col. 566:

HIC. IACET. REVERENDISSIMVS. IN CHRISTO. PATER.
DOMINVS. GVILLELMVS. DE. AGRIFOLIO.
DECRETORVM. DOCTOR. TIT. S. STEPHANI. IN COELIO MONTE.
S. R. E. PRESBYTER CARDINALIS. QVI.
OBIIT. DIE. XIIII. MENSIS. IANVARII. ANNO. A.
NATIVITATE. DOMINI. MCCCCI. ANIMA. EIVS. IN. PACIS.
QVIESCAT. AMEN.

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