- Gui de Maillesec
Gui de Maillesec (d.
March 8 ,1412 at Paris) was a French bishop and cardinal. He played a major part in the election of theantipope Benedict XIII , in his status as senior cardinal. His name is also written Malésec or Malesset.He was
Bishop of Poitiers . In 1375 he was appointed to the Church of the Holy Cross inJerusalem , also being made a cardinal byGregory XI . He was thenbishop of Palestrina from 1384 to 1412 [ [http://www.hostkingdom.net/eccsbbbp.html] ] . Given the schism of the time, his appointment fromAvignon was contested, byFrancesco Moricotti Prignani , Archbishop of Pisa.He was
dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals in the obedience of Avignon from August 1405 until June 1409, when he took part in theCouncil of Pisa and the election of "Pisan"Antipope Alexander V . He retained the deanship of the College in the obedience of Pisa.Notes
External links
[http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1375.htm#Malsec]
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