François de Tournon
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Cardinal François de Tournon |
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| Archdiocese | Embrun (1518-1525) Bourges (1526-1537) Auch (1538-1551) Lyon (1551-1562) |
| Diocese | Sabina (1550-1560) Ostia (1560-1562) |
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| Created Cardinal | 1530 by Pope Clement VII |
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| Born | 1489 Tournon-sur-Rhône, France |
| Died | 22 April 1562 Saint-Germain en Laye, France |
| Buried | College de Tournon, Tournon FR |
| Nationality | French |
| Parents | Jacques, Comte de Roussilon Jeanne de Polignac |
François de Tournon (1489 in Tournon-sur-Rhône – 1562 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye) was a French Augustinian monk, Archbishop, diplomat, courtier, and Cardinal. From 1536 he was also a military supply officer of French forces operating in Provence, Savoy and Piedmont. In the same year he founded the Collège de Tournon. For a period he was effectively France's foreign minister. He was a prominent leader in the fight against Lutheranism and Calvinism, especially at the Royal Court, and what he perceived as the growing Huguenot menace both in doctrine and social order. He took a prominent role in the Estates General of 1560, the Colloquy of Poissy of 1562, and the Colloquy of Saint-Germain. He took part in the papal Conclaves of 1534, 1549, and 1559.
He was the son of Jacques, seigneur de Tournon and Comte de Rousillon, and Jeanne de Polignac, daughter of Guillaume-Armand, Comte de Polignac. Comte Jacques served with the French armies in the Italian wars, where he died. François was their fifth son. The eldest son Christophe assumed the family titles and became a soldier. The elder brother Just died at the Battle of Pavia. Two of his brothers were also in holy orders, Gaspard (who became Bishop of Valence, 1505-1520) and Charles (who became Bishop of Rodez, 1501-1504). He was home-schooled by his mother and tutors. At the age of twelve, François entered the Order of S. Antoine en Viennois, where he came under the tutelage of Abbot Theodore Mitte de S. Chamond (1495-1527). In due course, François de Tournon became Preceptor of the monastery, and then became the 21st Abbot of the Order of S. Antoine in 1542, a position which he continued to hold until 1555. By command of Pope Boniface VIII (1295-1303) the members of the Order of S. Antoine followed the Rule of S. Augustine and were considered Canons Regular of S. Augustine (CRSA).
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