Person:Pierre de Luxembourg (1)
Pierre de Luxembourg
b.20 Jul 1369 Ligny-en-Barrois, Meuse, France
d.2 Jul 1387 Avignon, Vaucluse, France
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m. 1354
  1. Waleran III of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny1355 - 1415
  2. Pierre de Luxembourg1369 - 1387
  3. Joan _____, Countess of Ligny - 1430
  4. Marguerite de Luxembourg
  5. Marie de Luxembourg - Abt 1396
  6. Andre de Luxembourg - 1396
  7. Jean de Luxembourg, Seigneur de Beaurevoir et RicheburgAbt 1370 - Abt 1397
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Name Pierre de Luxembourg
Gender Male
Birth[2] 20 Jul 1369 Ligny-en-Barrois, Meuse, France
Death[2] 2 Jul 1387 Avignon, Vaucluse, France
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Pierre de Luxembourg (20 July 1369 – 2 July 1387) was a French Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Metz, and as a cardinal of the Avignon Obedience from 1384 until his death.

Pierre was descended from nobles who secured his entrance into the priesthood when he started to serve in several places as a canon before he was named as the Bishop of Metz and a pseudocardinal under an antipope. He was noted for his austerities and successes in diocesan reform as well as for his dedication to the faithful but he tried to end the Western Schism that pitted pope against antipope and rulers against rulers.[1] His efforts were in vain and he was soon driven from Metz but moved to southern France where he died from anorexia as a result of his harsh self-imposed penances.[2][3]

But both sides in the conflict recognized his deep holiness and his dedication to the people in Metz and elsewhere.[1] There were continual lobbies for him to be beatified and this later materialized when Pope Clement VII beatified him on 9 April 1527 in Rome.[2]

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References
  1.   Pierre de Luxembourg, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 PIERRE de Luxembourg, in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
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