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Gramont (Grandmont), Gabriel de

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Also known as: Gabriel Cardinal de Gramont; French: Gabriel de Grammont

GRAMONT (GRANDMONT), GABRIEL DE. - Cardinal, d. at Balma (Toulouse) on 26 March 1534. Bishop of Couserans (St-Lizier) in 1523, then of Tarbes in 1524; in 1532 of Poitiers, whence shortly afterwards he passed to the see of Toulouse.

French envoy to Clement VII in 1530, with the task of countering the influence of Charles V, he was created cardinal on 8 June 1530. Henry VIII of England asserted that he had received from him, when he was in England in 1527, the first doubt about the legitimacy of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon; but this is not plausible. It is true, on the other hand, that Francis I in 1532, for political reasons, charged him with promoting Henry's offer of divorce.

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BIBL.: Eubel, III, p. 21; A. Ciaconius, Vitae et res gestae Pontificum Romanorum et S.R.E. Cardinalium, III, Rome 1677, col. 519; Pastor, IV, II, pp. 456, 479.

Antonio Castellini

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI (1951), col. 993.

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Cistellini, Antonio. “Gramont (Grandmont), gabriel de.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, col. 993. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/gramont-grandmont-gabriel-de.

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Cistellini, Antonio. “Gramont (Grandmont), gabriel de.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 993. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/gramont-grandmont-gabriel-de.

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  title     = {Gramont (Grandmont), gabriel de},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
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