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<p> a French prelate, was born about 1410, of an illustrious family of Normandy. He was archdeacon of Eu, and became, in 1453, bishop of Coutances. Having been designated among other commissaries, by the pope, in 1455, to revise the proceeding in the case of [[Joan]] d'Arc, he exhibited great zeal in rehabilitating the memory of that female hero. King [[Charles]] VII sent him as ambassador to the duke of Burgundy, and placed him at the head of his council. He also obtained for Longueil from the pope, [[Calixtus]] III, the cardinal's hat, in 1456. In his devotion to the Church that prelate ventured to oppose in the parliament the Pragmatic Sanction, for which he was fined not less than 10,000 livres. [[Pius]] II gave him the bishoprics of [[Oporto]] and of St. Ruffina, also the legateship of Umbria, and made him archpriest of the basilica of St. Peter. He died at La P6rouse. August 15, 1470. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. </p>

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<ref name="term_49093"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/longueil,+richard+oliver+de Richard Oliver De Longueil from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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