Cardinal Jean Rolin, confesseur du roi

Jean (Jehan) Rolin (1408–1483) was a Burgundian bishop and Cardinal.

His father, Nicolas Rolin, was ducal Chancellor of Burgundy, and lord of Authumes. Jean became a Cardinal in 1448, created by Pope Nicholas V, as part of diplomatic engagement between the Duchy of Burgundy and the Papacy, tending against France.

He was bishop of Chalon-sur-Saône in 1431, and bishop of Autun in 1436. He was a patron of the arts, supporting the work of an anonymous illustrator known as the Master of Jean Rolin.

He was a godson of John the Fearless Duke of Burgundy. For a time he was the personal confessor of Louis XI.

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Jean Rolin was the father of Jean VI Rolin, Conseiller clerc au Parlement de Malines 1473 https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_VI_Rolin

Early life. Archdeacon of Autun. Prior of Saint-Marcel.

Sacred orders. (No information found).

Episcopate. Elected bishop of Châlons-sour-Saône, May 29, 1431; confirmed by the pope, September 7, 1431. Consecrated (no information found). Transferred to the see of Autun, August 20, 1436; occupied the see until his death; he rebuilt the cathedral, which was destroyed by a fire.

Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of December 20, 1448; received the title of S. Stefano al Monte Celio on January 3, 1449; arrived in Rome on November 16, 1452; he was received the following day in the public consistory; received the red hat on November 24, 1562; left Rome for Bourgogne on February 1, 1453; went to Florence; and then, to Siena, where he arrived on April 16, 1459; he countersigned a papal bull on the following April 18; left Siena for Autun on May 5, 1460. He did not participate in the conclave of 1455, which elected Pope Callistus III (2). He founded in Autun, in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a collegiate church with twelve canonships. He did not participate in the conclave of 1458, which elected Pope Pius II. Named abbot commendatarioof Saint-Martin d'Autun; took possession on September 10, 1462; resigned the post on November 11, 1481. He did not participate in the conclave of 1464, which elected Pope Paul II. Did not participate in the conclave of 1471, which elected Pope Sixtus IV. Cardinal protoprete, December 1472. On July 14, 1473, he resigned the commendam of the Cistercian monastery of Sainte-Marie de Balorne, archdiocese of Besançon. He was the confessor of King Louis XI and the dauphin. He endowed the celebre hospital of Beaume.

Death. June 22, 1483, Auxerre. Buried in the left side of the main altar of the cathedral of Autun. In his will, he made the church of Besse the heir of his wealth.

Bibliography.Cardella, Lorenzo. Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa. Rome : Stamperia Pagliarini, 1793, III, 114-115; Chacón, Alfonso. Vitæ, et res gestæ Pontificvm Romanorum et S. R. E. Cardinalivm ab initio nascentis Ecclesiæ vsque ad Vrbanvm VIII. Pont. Max. 4 volumes. Romae : Typis Vaticanis, 1677, II, col. 972-973; "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. VII. Les cardinaux de la fin du XVe siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1932. Paris : Maison de la Bonne Presse, 1932, p. 148; Eubel, Conradus and Gulik, Guglielmus van. Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi. Volumen II (1431-1503). Münich : Sumptibus et Typis Librariae Regensbergianae, 1914; reprint, Padua : Il Messagero di S. Antonio, 1960, pp.11, 31, 32, 33, 65, 80 and 112; Moroni, Gaetano. Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica da S. Pietro sino ai nostri giorni. 103 vols. in 53. Venezia : Tipografia Emiliana, 1840-1861, LVIII, 102.

Webgraphy. His portrait, arms and biography, in French, Wikipedia; The Nativity of Cardinal Jean Rolin by Jean Hey, Olga's Gallery; his portrait, formerly in the cathedral of Autun, now in the Musée Rolin of that city, Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, France; his arms, middle one on the first row, no. 38, Araldica Vaticana; and his statue by Antoine de Moiture, Musée Rolin, Autun, France.

(1) This is according to Chacón, Vitæ, et res gestæ Pontificvm Romanorum et S. R. E. Cardinalivm, II, col. 972; other sources call her Marie. (2) The information about his participation in the conclaves is taken from "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. VII. Les cardinaux de la fin du XVe siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1932, p. 148; Cardella, Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa, III, 114; and Moroni, Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica da S. Pietro sino ai nostri giorni, LVIII, 102, say that he participated in the conclaves of 1455 and 1471.

Jean (Jehan) Rolin (1408–1483) was a Burgundian bishop and Cardinal.

His father, Nicolas Rolin, was ducal Chancellor of Burgundy, and lord of Authumes. Jean became a Cardinal in 1448, created by Pope Nicholas V, as part of diplomatic engagement between the Duchy of Burgundy and the Papacy, tending against France.

He was bishop of Chalon-sur-Saône in 1431, and bishop of Autun in 1436. He was a patron of the arts, supporting the work of an anonymous illustrator known as the Master of Jean Rolin.

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