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Pierre de La Baume

c. 1477–1544 · 16th century

Pierre de La Baume was bishop of Geneva from 1522 and the last bishop to reside in the city. Caught between the Duke of Savoy and the citizens, who allied with Fribourg and Bern, he left Geneva in 1533, and the city adopted the Reformation in 1536. He later became archbishop of Besançon and a cardinal.

Pierre de La Baume
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Prince-Bishopric of Geneva

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