Raymond Saquet

Raymond Saquet (- 1358 ) was a French prelate of the 14th century, [1] Papal LegatePapal Legate[2] and Bishop.

Raymond was an advisor to the Parliament of Paris and bishop of Thérouanne from 1334. Papal Legate,[3] being sent to negotiate with the Byzantine Government to coordinate the ongoing Crusade against the Ottomans.[4] During this time he was at the siege of Smyrna.[5]

In 1355 he was elected Archbishop of Lyon and confirmed the privileges of citizens, by his predecessors, by order of 24 April 1357.

References

  1. ↑ Stephen Joseph Poullin Lumina , History of the Church of Lyons (Joseph-Louis Berthoud, 1770 ) pag 334-337.
  2. ↑ Kenneth Meyer Setton, The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571: The thirteenth and fourteenth centuries (American Philosophical Society, 1976) p221-222, and 230.
  3. ↑ Kenneth Meyer Setton, The§ Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571: The thirteenth and fourteenth centuries (American Philosophical Society, 1976) p221-222, and 230.
  4. ↑ Kenneth Meyer Setton, The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571: The thirteenth and fourteenth centuries (American Philosophical Society, 1976) p455.
  5. ↑ >George Hill, A History of Cyprus, Volume 2 (Cambridge University Press, 23Sep.,2010 ) p 300.
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