Editing Pope Clement IV (section)

==Life before election==
Clement was born in [[Saint-Gilles-du-Gard]] in the [[County of Toulouse]], to a successful lawyer, Pierre Foucois, and his wife Marguerite Ruffi. At the age of nineteen, he enrolled as a soldier to fight the Moors in Spain. He then pursued the study of law in Toulouse, Bourges and Orleans, becoming a noted advocate in Paris. In the latter capacity he acted as secretary to [[Louis IX of France|King Louis IX]], to whose influence he was chiefly indebted for his elevation to the cardinalate. He married the daughter of Simon de Malbois and had two daughters. Upon the death of his wife, he followed his father's example and gave up secular life for the Church.<ref name=loughlin>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04019a.htm Loughlin, James. "Pope Clement IV." The Catholic Encyclopedia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417022550/http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04019a.htm |date=April 17, 2016 }} Vol. 4. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. 2 January 2016</ref>

His rise was rapid. Ordained in the {{ill|abbey of Saint-Magloire|fr}}, Paris, he became pastor of Saint-Gilles in 1255. In 1257, he was appointed [[Bishop of Le Puy]]; in 1259, he was appointed [[Archbishop of Narbonne]]; and in December 1261, he became the first cardinal created by [[Pope Urban IV]], for the [[See of Sabina]].<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Clement/Clement IV|display=Clement s.v. Clement IV|volume=6|page=483|first=William Walker|last=Rockwell}}</ref> He was the [[papal legate]] in England between 1262 and 1264.<ref name=loughlin/> He was named a cardinal ([[Apostolic Penitentiary|grand penitentiary]]) in 1263.<ref name=Miranda>{{cite web| url = http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1261.htm#Foucois| title = Miranda, Salvador. "Foucois, Gui", ''Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church''| access-date = January 2, 2016| archive-date = May 20, 2013| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130520130636/http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1261.htm#Foucois| url-status = dead}}</ref>