Guillaume Bonnet (died 3 or 12 April 1312) was the archdeacon of
Passais
Passais (; also: ''Passais-la-Conception'') is a former Communes of France, commune in the Orne Departments of France, department in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Passais Villages.
archdeacon
An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in the Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion, St Thomas Christians, Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox churches and some other Christian denomina ...
of Passais and
Bishop of Bayeux
The Diocese of Bayeux and Lisieux (Latin: ''Dioecesis Baiocensis et Lexoviensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Bayeux et Lisieux'') is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. It is coextensive with the Department of Calvados and is a ...
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Pope
Clement V
Pope Clement V (; – 20 April 1314), born Raymond Bertrand de Got (also occasionally spelled ''de Guoth'' and ''de Goth''), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 5 June 1305 to his death, in April 1314. He is reme ...
who, by a papal bull of 1305, reserved the faculty to provide to the church of
Bayeux
Bayeux (, ; ) is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy in northwestern France.
Bayeux is the home of the Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts the events leading up to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. It is also known as the fir ...
fief
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of Ostrevant which belonged to the crown of France.
Clement V appointed him one of the bishops charged with examining the cause of the
Knights Templar
The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, mainly known as the Knights Templar, was a Military order (religious society), military order of the Catholic Church, Catholic faith, and one of the most important military ord ...
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In 1308, he gave a house that he owned in rue de la Harpe in
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...
, and some pieces of land in the village of Gentilly, for the foundation of a college which took the name of College of Bayeux, intended for young people of his diocese and the dioceses of Mans and Angers.