Geoffroy de Bar
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Geoffroy de Bar (in Latin: Gaufridus de Barro) or Barbeau, of Burgundy, was a French cardinal and member of the Roman Curia. He died in 1287.
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Geoffroy was Dean of the Church of St. Quentin en Vermandois (Picardy).[1] The King of France was the Patron,[2] and had the right of appointment of Canons. In 1263 he is attested as Chaplain of the Bishop of Paris,[3] and he was also Canon of the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris. He became friends with Robert de Sorbon, a fellow Canon of Paris and founder of the Collège de Sorbonne, and on 29 September 1270 he was named heir of Robert de Sorbon in his Will.[4] In November 1274, when he was Dean of the Cathedral of Paris,[5] he in turn gave all the property he inherited from Robert de Sorbon to the Congregatio pauperum Magistrorum Parisius studentium in Theologica Facultate.[6]
On 5 August 1279, he was Dean of Paris when he was appointed by Cardinal Simon de Brion, the Apostolic Legate, along with Gervais de Clinchamp, a Canon of Paris, to investigate a dispute at the University of Paris, between the Regent Masters in the Faculty of Arts on the one hand, and the Masters in Canon Law and Masters in Medicine on the other. The two appointees were to take testimony, employing canonical penalties for non-cooperation if necessary. They transmitted their findings under seal to the Cardinal Legate.[7]
