Raymond Saquet Explained

Raymond Saquet (d. 1358) was a French prelate of the 14th century,^[1] Papal LegatePapal Legate^[2] and Bishop.

Raymond was an advisor to the Parlement of Paris and bishop of Thérouanne from 1334. Papal Legate,^[3] being sent to negotiate with the Byzantine Government to coordinate the ongoing Crusade against the Ottomans.^[4] During this time he was at the siege of Smyrna.^[5]

In 1355 he was elected Archbishop of Lyon and confirmed the privileges of citizens, by his predecessor, by order of 24 April 1357.

Notes and References

1. Stephen Joseph Poullin Lumina, History of the Church of Lyons (Joseph-Louis Berthoud, 1770) pag 334-337.
2. Kenneth Meyer Setton, The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571: The thirteenth and fourteenth centuries (American Philosophical Society, 1976) p221-222, and 230.
3. Kenneth Meyer Setton, The§ Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571: The thirteenth and fourteenth centuries (American Philosophical Society, 1976) p221-222, and 230.
4. Kenneth Meyer Setton, The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571: The thirteenth and fourteenth centuries (American Philosophical Society, 1976) p455.
5. George Hill, A History of Cyprus, Volume 2 (Cambridge University Press, 23Sep.,2010) p 300.