Adrian Gouffier de Boissy
Adrian Gouffier de Boissy (died 1523) was a French Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.
Biography
A member of the Gouffier family, Adrian Gouffier de Boissy was born in the Kingdom of France, ca. 1479.[1] He was the son of Guillaume Gouffier, Lord of Boissy, sénéchal of Saintonge, and of Philippine de Montmorency, daughter of Jean II de Montmorency and a member of the House of Montmorency.[1] He was the brother of Artus Gouffier, Lord of Boissy and of Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet.[1] His father's first wife was Louise d'Amboise, sister of Cardinal Georges d'Amboise.[1]
Destined for the church from an early age, he became a protonotary apostolic at age 14.[1] He was made dean of Thouars in 1503.[1]
On April 15, 1510, he was elected Bishop of Coutances; he subsequently occupied the see until June 6, 1519.[1]
During the conference of Bologna, December 10, 1515, Francis I of France personally asked Pope Leo X to elevate Bishop Gouffier to the cardinalate.[1] As such, the pope made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of December 14, 1515.[1] He received the red hat and the titular church of Santi Marcellino e Pietro al Laterano the same day.[1]
In November 1516, Francis I of France named him Grand Almoner of France.[1] On November 8, 1517, he opted for the titular church of Santa Balbina.[1] He served as papal legate to the Kingdom of France from March 23, 1519 until 1520.[1] He also became the administrator of the see of Albi on June 6, 1519.[1] He did not participate in the papal conclave of 1521-22 that elected Pope Adrian VI.[1]
He died at the château de Villendren-sur-Indre near Issoudun on July 24, 1523.[1] He was buried in Bourgueil Abbey.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Biographical Dictionary of the Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church