Hugues Michel de Besançon

He was born in Besançon. He was a doctor of law and canon and cantor of Paris before being elected bishop in 1326.^[2][3]

In 1326 Hugues and Guillaume de Laudun, Archbishop of Vienne, issued a pardon for the Flemish^[3][4]

In 1329 he supported John XXII in his opposition to Michael of Cesena and his views.^[3][4]

In 1330 he came into conflict with the University of Paris. This is because Hugues fined a student for rape and the university objected that the bishop didn't have the right to meddle with university affairs, as he had sworn not to do so, thus making him a perjurer. John XXII favoured the bishop in the dispute and annulled the oath, while decreeing that the fined money be distributed to poor students.^[2][3]

He died the 29th of July 1332.^[2][3][4]