Jean de la Grange

Jean de la Grange [ Jean de Lagrange.] (died 1402) was a French Benedictine Cardinal [From 1375. He was bishop of Frascati in 1379, but was replaced the next year.] . He was both an adviser to Charles V of France and an important member of the papal curia at Avignon, at the time of the Western Schism.

He was bishop of Amiens 1373-5 [ [http://catholique-amiens.cef.fr/firmin/html/Histoire/54-de-la-grange.htm Untitled Document ] ] . He is noted for two tombs; the one in Amiens cathedral, is a monument, in fact being technically only funerary statuary, therefore [So described [http://www.inventaire.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/palissy_fr?ACTION=RETROUVER_TITLE&FIELD_98=LOCA&VALUE_98=PICARDIE%20&GRP=10&SPEC=1&SYN=1&IMLY=&MAX1=1&MAX2=200&MAX3=200&REQ=((PICARDIE)%20%3ALOCA%20)&DOM=Tous&USRNAME=nobody&USRPWD=4%24%2534P] ] [ [http://www.u-picardie.fr/~patrick/Cathedrale/Interieur/tombeaux/grange.html Notre-Dame d'Amiens : Tombeaux ] ] . La Grange is depicted on the Beau Pilier d'Amiens [ [http://www.culture.gouv.fr/picardie/sitesmh/beaupilier/localisation.html] , [http://www.historia.presse.fr/data/thematique/74/07404201.html] , in French.] . The tomb in Avignon includes an early example of a "transi" (cadaver). [http://www.ateliermuseal.net/fiche-collection.php?c=1116]

References

*Anne McGee Morganstern, "The La Grange Tomb and Choir: A Monument of the Great Schism of the West", Speculum, Vol. 48, No. 1 (Jan., 1973), pp. 52-69

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External links

*fr icon [http://racineshistoire.free.fr/LGN/PDF/De-La-Grange.pdf Family tree and biographical details (PDF)]