Arnaud d'Ossat

His Eminence

Arnaud d'Ossat
Bishop of Bayeux
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseBayeux
Appointed26 June 1600
Term ended13 March 1604
PredecessorRené de Daillon du Lude
SuccessorJacques d'Angennes
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Orders
Consecration27 October 1596
by Agostino Valier
Created cardinal3 March 1599
by Pope Clement VIII
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born20 July 1537
Larroque, France
Died13 March 1604(1604-03-13) (aged 66)
Rome, Papal States
BuriedSan Luigi dei Francesi
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Arnaud d'Ossat (20 July 1537 – 13 March 1604) was a French diplomat, writer and a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, whose personal tact and diplomatic skill steered the perilous course of French diplomacy with the papacy in the reign of Henry IV of France.

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