Guillaume de Chanac (died December 30, 1383) was a French

Benedictine The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict (, abbreviated as O.S.B. or OSB), are a mainly contemplative monastic order of the Catholic Church for men and for women who follow the Rule of Saint Benedict. Initiated in 529, th ...

who became a

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. He was abbot at

Bèze Abbey The Bèze Abbey (), was a monastery founded in 629 AD in Burgundy, France. It was destroyed several times during the next three centuries by Frankish warlords, Saracens, Normans and Hungarians. At the end of the 10th century the abbey was re- ...

, and then was abbot at Saint-Florent from 1354 to 1368. He was

Bishop of Chartres The oldest known list of bishops of Chartres is found in an 11th-century manuscript of Trinity Abbey, Vendôme. It includes 57 names from Adventus (Saint Aventin) to Aguiertus (Agobert) who died in 1060. The most well-known list is included in the ...

and then

Bishop of Mende The Diocese of Mende (Latin: ''Dioecoesis Mimatensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Mende'') is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The diocese covers the department of Lozère. The diocese was already in existence in 314, since Geniali ...

, for brief periods up to 1371. He supported the Collège de Chanac Pompadour in Paris,Famille Chanac
named after his great-uncle of the same name.

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Epitaph, old dictionary page with short biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chanac, Guillaume De Year of birth unknown 1383 deaths French Benedictines 14th-century French cardinals Cardinal-bishops of Frascati Bishops of Chartres Bishops of Mende