Gérard Gobaille

Gérard Gobaille (died 12 September 1494, Melun) was a French bishop.

Life

He was born in Soissons[1] to a silk merchant. He became a bachelor of law in 1455[2] and in 1463 became canon and treasurer of Soissons Cathedral.[3] He was elected advocate to the Parlement of Paris in 1488 and was elected bishop of Paris and canon of the cathedral on 8 August 1492 after six votes, against the wishes of Charles VIII of France - however, his election was never confirmed by the pope.[4] He is buried in Notre Dame Cathedral.

References

1. Jules Caron, Histoire populaire de Chauny, 1878, p.135
2. Véronique Julerot, Y a ung grant desordre: élections épiscopales et schismes, Publications de la Sorbonne, 2006, p.80
3. Jean François M. Lequeux, Antiquités religieuses du diocèse de Soissons et Laon, 1859, p.19
4. Honoré Jean P. Fisquet, La France pontificale, 1864, p.343