Pierre de Murat de Cros
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Pierre de Murat de Cros, O.S.B., was a French monk of aristocratic origins who became a cardinal of the Avignon Obedience during the Great Schism, as well as the Archbishop of Arles and the Chamberlain of the Apostolic Camera. Refusing from the day of his election to support Bartolomeo Prignano after the Papal Conclave of 1378, de Cros played a critical role in delivering a considerable portion of the Roman Curia to the rival claimant Robert of Geneva, who took the name Clement VII. Historian Daniel Williman calls Murat de Cros's actions a "counter-coup".
Pierre de Murat de Cros, was a French monk.
De Cros was the cousin of Pope Gregory XI (shown here blessing St. Catherine of Siena, who repeatedly importuned him to move the seat of the papacy back to Rome), and was the brother of cardinal-nephew Jean de Murat de Cros. Both are possibly depicted here.
Murat de Cros remained in the fortified Castel Sant'Angelo during the Papal Conclave of 1378.
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Arles
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The former French Catholic Archbishopric of Arles had its episcopal see in the city of Arles, in southern France.
The former cathedral of St. Trophime, in Arles.