About Guillaume de Chanac
Lived 1249 – 1348 (aged 98–99). Guillaume de Chanac was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Life He was born in Allassac in the from an illustrious family of Limousin, being a relative of Guillaume de Chanac. He studied law before becoming a functionary of Guillaume de Baufet, bishop of Paris. He was then nominated archdeacon of Notre-Dame and bishop on the 18th of August 1332. In the same year, the canons of Paris were declared independent from the bishop's authority.
On the 20th of September 1342 he met Clement VI in Avignon and asked to be relieved of the episcopal see, to which he recommended his nephew, Foulques de Chanac. Clement satisfied his request and made him latin patriarch of Alexandria, a merely titular see.
Guillaume died the 5th of May 1348.
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Who was Guillaume de Chanac?
Roman Catholic patriarch
When was Guillaume de Chanac born?
Guillaume de Chanac was born in 1249 in Chanac.
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Guillaume de Chanac died on 3 June 1348.
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Guillaume de Chanac was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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