Biography

He was born into a noble family, his father being baron

Baron

Baron is a title of nobility. The word baron comes from Old French baron, itself from Old High German and Latin baro meaning " man, warrior"; it merged with cognate Old English beorn meaning "nobleman"...

 of Tillières

Tillières

Tillières is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France....

, Valquier and Homme. Many of his close relatives were involved in the Church: an uncle and a brother were bishops, and a cousin on his mother's side eventually became a Cardinal

Cardinal (Catholicism)

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 himself.

Jean began his ecumenical career early in life. The first notable milestone was his election as Bishop of Lisieux on October 2, 1505; he remained in this position until August 18, 1539. He was also named abbot of Mont-Saint-Michel in 1524 and count of Tillières. As grand almoner of France (from 1526), he was involved in many church and government projects, notably introducing Jacques Cartier

Jacques Cartier

Jacques Cartier was a French explorer of Breton origin who claimed what is now Canada for France. He was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawrence River, which he named "The Country of Canadas", after the Iroquois names for the two big...

 to king Francis I

Francis I of France

Francis I was King of France from 1515 until his death. During his reign, huge cultural changes took place in France and he has been called France's original Renaissance monarch...

 in 1532 before Cartier's first expedition to Canada.

Jean Le Veneur was made Cardinal on November 7, 1533, by Pope

Pope

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 Clement VII in his fourth consistory

Consistory

-Antiquity:Originally, the Latin word consistorium meant simply 'sitting together', just as the Greek synedrion ....

, receiving the title of San Bartolomeo all'Isola

San Bartolomeo all'Isola

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. During his Cardinalate, he reorganized the statutes of the see of Paris and also revised Collège Mignon.

Jean Le Veneur died in Marle

Marle

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, Picardy

Picardy

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, and was buried in the church of Saint André d'Appeville.

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