Cardinal Nicolas de Besse | |
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Cardinal-Deacon | |
Church | Santa Maria in Via Lata (1344-1369) |
Diocese | Limoges (1343-1344) |
Orders | |
Consecration | never consecrated |
Created cardinal | 19 May 1344 by Pope Clement VI |
Personal details | |
Born | 1322 Diocese of Limoges |
Died | 5 November 1369 Rome, IT |
Buried | Cathedral of Limoges |
Nationality | Limousin |
Parents | Jacques de Besse Almodie (Delphine) Roger |
Occupation | cleric |
Nicolas de Besse was born in the diocese of Limoges, in 1322.[1] He was a French bishop and Cardinal. He was the son of Jacques de Besse, Seigneur de Bellefaye and Almodie (Delphine) Roger, sister of Pope Clement VI.[2] He had a brother Pierre de Besse, who became Seigneur de Bellefaye and who married Margueritte de Thiers.[3] Nicolas de Besse died in Rome on 5 November 1369.