Cardinal-Legate Peraudi
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Cardinal Raymond Peraudi (Peraud) |
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| Cardinal-Priest | |
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| Church |
Santa Maria in Cosmedin San Vitale Santa Maria Nuova |
| Diocese | Gurk (1491-1501) Maguelone, Administrator (1498-1499) Toul, Administrator (1501) Saintes (1505) |
| Other posts | Legate in Perugia Legate in Viterbo |
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| Ordination | unknown by unknown |
| Consecration | unknown by unknown |
| Created Cardinal | 20 September 1493 by Pope Alexander VI |
| Rank | Cardinal Deacon, then Cardinal Priest |
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| Born | c. 1435 Saint-Germain-de-Marencennes FR |
| Died | 5 September 1505 Viterbo IT |
| Buried | Santissima Trinità Viterbo |
| Nationality | French |
| Residence | France, Germany, Rome |
| Occupation | diplomat, fundraiser |
| Profession | bishop |
| Education | Doctor of theology (Paris) |
Raymond Peraudi (1435–1505) was a French Augustinian, papal legate, and Cardinal. He was a perpetual traveler, engaging in diplomatic negotiations at various times for the pope, the emperor and the king of France. He was an effective administrator of territories belonging to the Roman Church. In his various assignments to preach indulgences for a Crusade or for the Jubilee of 1500, he became an early point of controversy in the dispute over the efficacy of indulgences, and the right of the pope to grant them.
Raymond Peraudi was born in 1435 in the small village of Saint-Germain-de-Marencennes, some three miles southwest of Surgères, in the Aunis in western France. He was placed in the Augustinian cloister of Saint Aegidius in Surgères, from which he was sent to study in Paris, where he became a bursary member of the Collège de Navarre. He obtained the degree of doctor of theology. He returned to Surgères and was elected or appointed Prior of Saint-Aegidius. In 1472 and 1473 King Louis XI stayed in Surgères, where he was campaigning, and it is conjectured that it was at that time that the King came to know Peraudi, whom he appointed one of his Aumoniers.
Pope Sixtus IV (1471-1484) was concerned about the deteriorated condition of a number of French cathedrals. His attention to the situation at Saintes in particular was drawn by King Louis XI. On 3 August 1476 the Pope confirmed the plenary indulgences previously granted to the cathedral, but now on the condition that persons seeking the indulgence actually visit the church and contribute a sum of money for the repair of the fabric, either to the Chapter or to the local papal collector of revenues. He extended the indulgence to the benefit of souls in Purgatory designated by the persons making the offering. This action raised protests from monks and preachers, including Jean de Fabrica and the Rector of the University of Poitiers Nicolas Richard, who argued that the pope did not have jurisdiction over souls in Purgatory; and that the system favored the rich over the poor. To make the attacks stop, Pope Sixtus issued a letter of explanation on 27 November 1477, which did nothing to calm the criticism. Finally, at the demand of Louis XI, he issued another letter, dated 26 April 1482 and addressed to Raymond Peraud, Archdeacon of Aunis; it declared that the indulgences in effect before his bull of 1476 were still in effect with their original force, hoping thereby to remove the irritant to the locals. The controversy continued however, and in due course was taken up by Martin Luther.
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