Gaillard de la Mothe
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Cardinal Gaillard de La Mothe |
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| Church | Santa Lucia in Silice (1316-1356) |
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| Created Cardinal | 18 December 1316 by Pope John XXII |
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| Died | 20 December 1356 Avignon, FR |
| Buried | Bazas, Church of S. Jean |
| Nationality | Gascon |
| Parents | Amanieu de La Motte Elips (Alix) de Got |
| Occupation | cleric |
Gaillard de La Mothe (also spelled de La Motte, de LaMotte, della Motta) was a fifteenth-century prelate and Cardinal, of Gascon extraction. Gaillard was born towards the end of the 14th century, either in Toulouse or Bordeaux, and died in Avignon on 20 December 1356. He was the son of Amanieu de La Motte, seigneur de Langon et de Rochetaillé. His mother was Elips (Alix) de Got, daughter of Arnaud-Garsale de Gout, brother of Bertrand de Got. He was therefore a nephew of Pope Clement V (Bertrand de Got). Gaillard had a brother, Bertrand. Another uncle, his father's brother, Guillaume de la Mothe, was Bishop of Bazas from 1303-1313, when he was transferred to Saintes, and again from 1318 to 1319. Gaillard, the subject of this entry, is often confused with Gaillard de Preissac, Bishop of Toulouse (1306-1317). He was never Archbishop of Toulouse or Bishop of Bazas.
Pope Clement V (1305-1314) had secularized the monastery of S. Emilion, and converted it into a Collegiate Church with canons. The first Dean of the was Gaillard de La Mothe.
By 1313 he was Protonotary Apostolic and Archdeacon of Narbonne, thanks to his uncle's patronage. On 20 May 1313 Pope Clement reserved for his nephew a prebend in the Church of Compostella in Spain. On 23 June he made him Canon and Prebend of the Church of Rouen. On 17 August 1313 the Pope granted Gaillard the privilege of visiting his Archdeaconry of Oxford in the Church of Lincoln by proxy, for a period of three years. On 23 October he was granted the same privilege with respect to his Archdeaconry of Grand-Caux in the Church of Rouen. These positions were granted for the sake of the income. There was no expectation that the recipient would ever appear personally, and in the case of the English benefices, Gaillard did not. He appointed procurators in England to act as his legal agents.
He was named a cardinal by Pope John XXII in his first Consistory for the creation of cardinals on 18 December 1316. He was named Deacon of Santa Lucia in Silice.
Cardinal de la Mothe took part in the Conclave of 13–20 December 1334, following the death of Pope John. Twenty-four cardinals participated, two-thirds of them French, five from Cahors. The cardinals chose the Cistercian Cardinal Jacques Fournier, from the town of Savardun near Toulouse, in the Diocese of Pamiers. He took the throne name of Benedict XII.
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