Ferry de Clugny
Ferry de Clugny | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Tournai | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Diocese of Tournai |
| Installed | 8 October 1473 |
| Term ended | 7 October 1483 |
| Predecessor | Guillaume Fillastre |
| Successor | Charles de Hautbois (1505) |
| Orders | |
| Created cardinal | 15 May 1480 by Pope Sixtus IV |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ferry de Clugny 1430 |
| Died | 7 October 1483 (aged 52–53) |
Ferry de Clugny, Cardinal and Bishop of Tournai (Autun ca. 1430 – Rome 7 October 1483) was a highly placed statesman and ecclesiastic in the service of the Dukes of Burgundy.
He was born at Autun, Burgundy, of a distinguished house that produced the marquises of Montlyon and Raigny. He was the eldest son of Henri de Clugny, seigneur of Conforgien and Joursenvault, a councillor of Jean sans Peur, duke of Burgundy, and his wife, Pierrette Coullot. At the University of Bologna he obtained a doctorate utroque iure, in both civil (Roman) and canon law.