Antoine Bohier Du Prat (c. 1460 – 27 November 1519) was a French Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.[1][2]

Biography

Antoine Bohier Du Prat was born in Issoire, ca. 1460, the son of Austremoine Bohier, baron of Saint-Ciergues, and Anne Du Prat.[3] He was the cousin of Cardinal Antoine Duprat.[3]

He entered the Order of Saint Benedict at Fécamp Abbey.[3] There, he was ordained as a priest.[3] He became a president of the Parlement of Rouen.[3]

He resisted being raised to the episcopate until the queen mother of France, Louise of Savoy, personally entreated him.[3] After he agreed, on 13 November 1514, he was elected Archbishop of Bourges.[4][3] On 22 November 1514 he was granted permission to wear the Religious habit of a secular archbishop rather than the habit of the Benedictine Order.[3] He was Archbishop of Bourges until his death.[3]

Pope Leo X made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of 1 April 1517.[3] On 27 April 1517, he was granted permission to wear a cardinal's habit instead of the habit of his order.[3] He received the red hat and the titular church of Sant'Anastasia on 25 May 1517.[3]

He died at the court of Francis I of France at Blois,[5] on 27 November 1519.[3] He was buried in Bourges Cathedral.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Balue, Jean, Article de l'Encyclopædia Britannica. 2005. Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service
  2. ↑ Ballade pour le cardinal Balue », in Bibliothèque de l'école des chartes, vol. 4, 1843, p. 564-567
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Biographical Dictionary of the Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
  4. ↑ Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1514, Number 40
  5. ↑ https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbohierdp.html ]
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