Between France and Rome
He was dean of Bayeux Cathedral, from 1288 to 1292. He was then elected as bishop of Arras at the end of 1293. At the same period he was papal Vice-Chancellor, signing the papal bulls (1288 to 1294). Pope Celestine V created him cardinal, with the title of Saints Marcellin and Peter, at the consistory of 18 September 1294.
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Famous quotes containing the words france and/or rome:
“The moment Germany rises as a great power, France gains a new importance as a cultural power.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“History is not a book, arbitrarily divided into chapters, or a drama chopped into separate acts: it has flowed forward. Rome is a continuity, called “eternal.” What has accumulated in this place acts on everyone, day and night, like an extra climate.”
—Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973)