Philippe de Lévis
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Philippe de Lévis (1435–1475) (called the Cardinal of Arles) was a French Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.
He was born in the Kingdom of France on 4 November 1435, the son of Eustache de Lévis, baron of Quelus, and his wife Adelaïde de Cusan.[1]
Early in his life, Lévis became a protonotary apostolic.[1] He was ordained as a deacon.[1]
On 29 March 1454 he was elected Archbishop of Auch.[1] He received the pallium on 29 November 1454.[1] On 24 March 1463 he was transferred to the metropolitan see of Arles.[1]
At the request of René of Anjou, Pope Sixtus IV made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of 7 May 1473.[1] He received the red hat in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore on 10 May 1473, and the titular church of Santi Marcellino e Pietro al Laterano on 17 May 1473.[1]
He died in Rome on 4 November 1475.[1] He is buried above the holy door in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore.[1]
Eustache de Lévis (d. 22 avril 1489) was the successor of his brother as archbishop of Arles (1475-1489). He helped transfer Provence to the king of France in 1483. On his death, Eustache was buried together with his brother at S. Maria Maggiore.
