Jean de Montluc was bishop of Valence and brother of Blaise de Montluc. He was sympathetic to the Protestants, attacked the cult of images, and made prayers in French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

, thereby earning him the opprobe of Rome

Rome

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. He advocated a reunion of Protestantism and Catholicism through the establishment of a common council.

Jean de Montluc was sent to many cities in Europe and even to Constantinople

Constantinople

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 by king Francis I

Francis I of France

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