Gérard du Puy

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Gérard du Puy (died 14 February 1389) was a French

Roman Catholic Church and cardinal-nephew of Pope Gregory XI
.

Papal legate

Marmoutier Abbey

In 1372, du Puy, already

Apostolic Nuncio to Tuscany.[2]

Immediately after these appointments, du Puy corresponded with

Catharine of Siena on behalf of Gregory XI,[3] and perhaps under the name of Gregory XI.[2] As nuncio, du Puy came into conflict with Florence for supporting the claims of the Salimbeni nobles in Siena.[4] du Puy's support of the Salimbeni also caused hostility toward Perugians in Siena.[5]

War of the Eight Saints

Gregory XI made him cardinal-priest on 20 December 1375,

S. Clemente.[6] Du Puy was the fifth and last relative that Gregory XI created cardinal, after Jean de Murat de Cros (elevated 30 May 1371) and Pierre de la Jugée (elevated 20 December 1375).[6]

He was the abbot of Mormoutier and the papal governor of

campanile and the chapel of St. John the Baptist, all for construction material for his Fortezza di Porte Sole linked to the Palazzo dei Priori.[10]

He was expelled by a popular uprising in 1375, and his fortification of Porta Sole was razed to the ground.

condottiere John Hawkwood, after crowds gathered in the town chanting "death to the abbot and the pastors of the church."[7]

Hawkwood waited outside Perugia and camped across the Ponte di San Giovanni with 300 lances while the citizens of Perugia plowed up the roads leading to the citadel and bombarded it with a

florins in backpay from the pope.[13]

Later life

After the death of his uncle, Gregory XI, on 26 March 1378, du Puy participated in the

Avignon Pope Clement VII until his death on 14 February 1389.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Miranda, Salvator. 1998. "14th Century (1303-1404)."
  2. ^ a b Drane, 1899, p. 284.
  3. ^ Scudder, 2006, p. 115.
  4. ^ Scudder, 2006, p. 18.
  5. ^ Del Pozzo, 1995, p. 171.
  6. ^ a b c Miranda, Salvator. 1998. "S. Cajo --- S. Gregorio VII."
  7. ^ a b c Caferro, 2006, p. 179.
  8. ^ Touring Club of Italy. 2003. Umbria. p. 18.
  9. ^ Keys to Umbria: City Walks. May 22, 2009 (retrieved). "Interior of the Duomo Archived 2009-01-07 at the Wayback Machine".
  10. ^ Keys to Umbria: City Walks. May 22, 2009 (retrieved). "Duomo (San Lorenzo) Archived 2009-04-22 at the Wayback Machine".
  11. ^ cf. Touring Club Italiano, Guida d'Italia: Umbria (1966)
  12. ^ Caferro, 2006, pp. 179-180.
  13. ^ Caferro, 2006, p. 181.
  14. ^ Miranda, Salvator. 1998. "Papal elections of the 14th Century (1303-1394)."

References

  • Caferro, William. 2006. John Hawkwood: An English Mercenary in Fourteenth-Century Italy. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press.
    ISBN 0-8018-8323-7
    .
  • Del Pozzo, Joan P. 1995. "The Apotheosis of Niccolò Toldo: An Execution "Love Story"." MLN 110 (1): 164-177. JSTOR link
  • Drane, Augusta Theodosia. 1899. The History of St. Catherine of Siena and Her Companions. Longmans, Green, and Co. (Available online)
  • Scudder, Vida Dutton. 2006. Saint Catherine of Siena As Seen in Her Letters. Kessinger Publishing.
    ISBN 1-4286-0412-X
    .
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