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Wikipedia June 14, 2026 at 05:50 AM

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillaume_Bri%C3%A7onnet_(cardinal)

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there arose a litigation which lasted until the year 1507, when Briçonnet was awarded the title
Correction

The Nîmes dispute did not last until 1507. A scholarly study of the case says the litigation ran from 1496 to 1504, with a settlement reached in October 1504 and confirmed by Pope Julius II on November 15, 1504.

Full reasoning

A specialized historical study of Guillaume Briçonnet's contested acquisition of the see of Nîmes states that the dispute lasted from 1496 to 1504, not to 1507. It further says that an agreement was concluded in October 1504 and homologated by Pope Julius II on 15 November 1504. That directly contradicts the article's statement that the litigation lasted until 1507.

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the new cardinal taking the title of Cardinal of St.-Malo, from his episcopal see
Correction

Briçonnet's cardinalitial title was not 'of St.-Malo.' He was created cardinal-priest of Santa Pudenziana in Rome.

Full reasoning

Cardinals are assigned Roman titular churches or suburbicarian sees. The biographical dictionary of the Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church records that Guillaume Briçonnet was created cardinal in the consistory of 16 January 1495, and that he received the title of S. Pudenziana on 19 January 1495. Other church-historical databases likewise list him as cardinal-priest of S. Pudenziana from 1495 to 1507. So the article is incorrect to say that his cardinal title was 'Cardinal of St.-Malo' derived from his French episcopal see.

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At the death of Julius II Briçonnet was absolved from all censures and excommunication in 1513, and restored by Pope Leo X to the Sacred College.
Correction

Briçonnet was not restored in 1513. Sources place his absolution and restoration on April 7, 1514.

Full reasoning

Julius II died on 21 February 1513, but Guillaume Briçonnet was not immediately restored that year. A standard biographical reference on the cardinals states that Pope Leo X absolved and restored him on 7 April 1514. A scholarly study of Briçonnet's Nîmes episcopate gives the same date, noting that Leo X granted him pardon in consistory on 7 April 1514. So the article's date of 1513 is off by about a year.

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