Andouin Aubert

Aldouin Alberti (also Audouin Aubert, Andoino, Audynous or Audoin Alberti as Bessiaco; * in Beyssac at Brives, Limousin, † May 10, 1363 in Avignon ) was a Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He came from the family Aubert and was bishop of Maguelonne and Auxerre in France. From his uncle, Pope Innocent VI. , He was appointed on February 15, 1353 cardinal.

Audouin Aubert was born as the third son of the March 1338 ennobled by King Philippe de Valois Gui Aubert and Marguerite de Livron. He was his father's side a nephew of Cardinal Etienne Aubert, the future Pope Innocent VI. , Who supported him during and after his training. Aubert was initially Canons in Sainte -Radegonde in Poitiers and was eventually chosen according to various tasks in several French dioceses on September 12, 1349 the bishop of Paris. Already in the following year he was born on December 20, 1350 Bishop of Auxerre and took over on January 30, 1353 as bishop the diocese Maguelone. On February 15, 1353, he received in succession his uncle the office of Cardinal Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo, the bishop of Maguelonne he resigned in January 1354 and settled in Avignon. In July 1361 he became cardinal bishop of Ostia. After the death of his uncle Alberti attended the conclave in part, selected in the Urban V on September 28, 1362 in Avignon to the Pope and on November 6, 1362 by Alberti was consecrated as Bishop of Rome.