Louis de La Palud

Louis de La Palud (c. 1375 – 1451) (called the Cardinal of Varambon or the Cardinal of Maurienne) was a French Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.

Biography

Louis de La Palud was born in Châtillon-la-Palud sometime between 1370 and 1380.^[1] He was the son of Aymé de La Palud, seigneur of Varambon, and Alix de Corgenon.^[1]

He studied at the Collège de Sorbonne, receiving a doctorate.^[1] He then entered the Order of Saint Benedict in Tournus, and was ordained as a priest.^[1] He became abbot of Our Lady of Ambronay in 1404, and then abbot of Tournus in 1413.^[1]

He was present at the Council of Constance (1414–18), during which time he served as guardian of the 1417 papal conclave that elected Pope Martin V.^[1] He later served as a deputy to the Council of Siena (1423–24), and then to the Council of Florence (1431–38).^[1]

Near the beginning of the Council of Florence, on June 6, 1431 he was elected Bishop of Lausanne.^[1] He was transferred to the see of Avignon on November 4, 1433.^[1] The Council of Florence sent La Palud to Greece to attempt a reconciliation with the Eastern Orthodox Church.^[1] When he returned to Basel, he adhered to the party of Antipope Felix V.^[1]

On April 12, 1440, Antipope Felix V made him a pseudocardinal in Thonon-les-Bains, awarding him the titular church of Santa Susanna.^[1] He was transferred to the see of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, in July 1441 and occupied that see until his death.^[1] In 1445, he became prior in commendam of Aiton.^[1]

Cardinal de La Palud later submitted to Pope Nicholas V.^[1] Nicholas V made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of December 19, 1449; he received the titular church of Sant'Anastasia al Palatino on January 12, 1450.^[1] He entered Rome on December 11, 1450 and received the red hat on December 12, 1450.^[1]

He died in Rome on September 21, 1451.^[1] He is buried in St. Peter's Basilica.^[1]

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