French Cardinal Jean de Bilhères

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French Cardinal Jean de Bilhères was a late 15th-century churchman and diplomat who served as the French ambassador to the Holy See and is best known for commissioning Michelangelo’s famed Vatican Pietà.

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instanceOf Catholic cardinal
French ambassador
bishop
diplomat
human
commissioned Michelangelo's Pietà
surface form: Vatican Pietà
commissionedFrom Michelangelo
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
diplomaticMission French embassy to the Holy See
employer French crown
Holy See
genre ecclesiastical diplomacy
hasTitle Abbot of Saint-Denis
Bishop
Cardinal
languageOfWorkOrName French
memberOf College of Cardinals
notableEvent service as French ambassador to the Holy See
notableFor commissioning Michelangelo’s Vatican Pietà
role in French–papal relations in the late 15th century
notableWork commissioning of the Vatican Pietà
occupation ambassador
bishop
cardinal
diplomat
partOf French clergy
Roman Curia
patronOf Michelangelo
Michelangelo's Pietà
surface form: Vatican Pietà
positionHeld French ambassador to the Holy See
abbot of Saint-Denis
bishop of Lombez
cardinal of the Catholic Church
religion Catholicism
residence France
Rome
sphereOfActivity Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church

diplomacy
timePeriod late 15th century
workLocation France
Rome
Vatican City

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Michelangelo's Pietà commissionedBy French Cardinal Jean de Bilhères