- Louis Aleman
Louis Aleman (c.
1390 -September 16 1450 ) was a French cardinal.He was born of a noble family at the castle of
Arbent nearBugey . A relative was thePapal Chamberlain . [CathEncy|wstitle=Blessed Louis Allemand] He was successivelybishop of Maguelonne (1418),archbishop of Arles (1423) andCardinal Priest of S. Cecilia (1426).He was a prominent member of the
council of Basel , and, together with CardinalJulian Cesarini , led the party which maintained the supremacy of general councils over the pope's authority.In 1440 Aleman obtained the support of the emperor Sigismund and of the duke of
Milan to his views, and proclaiming the deposition ofPope Eugene IV , placed the tiara upon the head ofAmadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy (henceforward known as Antipope Felix V).Eugene retorted by excommunicating the antipope and depriving Aleman of all his ecclesiastical dignities. In order to make an end of the schism, Felix V finally abdicated on Aleman's advice, and Nicholas V, who had succeeded in 1447, restored the cardinal to all his honours and employed him as legate to
Germany in 1449.On his return he retired to his diocese of Arles, where he devoted himself zealously to the instruction of his people. He died on
September 16 1450, and was beatified byPope Clement VII in 1527.References
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* See U. Chevalier, "Repert. des sources hist". (Paris, 1905), p. 130.
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