Pierre Cauchon
French bishop, prosecutor of Joan of Arc · France · On the map · Religious Figures · Lived 1371 to 1442 · aged 71
Pierre Cauchon was a French Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Beauvais from 1420 to 1432. He was a partisan of Burgundian and English interests in France during the latter years of the Hundred Years' War.
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About this person
In 1431, he served as judge in the trial of Joan of Arc, which found her guilty of heresy, and played a key role in her execution. In 1432, he was appointed as the Bishop of Lisieux, serving until his death in 1442. He was buried in Lisieux Cathedral. The Catholic Church overturned the verdict of Joan of Arc's trial in 1456.
