Editing Pope Innocent VI (section)

==Early life==
Étienne, born during the late 1280s,{{sfn|Rollo-Koster|2015|p=86}} was the son of Adhemar Aubert, seigneur de [[Montel-de-Gelat]] in [[Limousin (region)|Limousin]] province. He was a native of the hamlet of Les Monts, [[Diocese of Limoges]],{{sfn|Coulombe|2003|p=298}} and, after having taught [[Civil law (legal system)|civil law]] at [[Toulouse]], he became successively [[Bishop of Noyon]] in 1338 and [[Bishop of Clermont]] in 1340.<ref name=Musto>{{cite book|first=Ronald G.|last= Musto|title=Apocalypse in Rome: Cola di Rienzo and the Politics of the New Age|publisher=University of California Press|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_PN4WEKZj7oC|isbn=9780520233966|year= 2003|page= 308}}</ref> On 20 September 1342, he was raised to the position of [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] Priest of SS. John and Paul.{{sfn|Coulombe|2003|p=298}} In September 1347, Etienne, assigned by Pope Clement VI, accompanied Cardinal Annibaldo as part of a peace envoy which resulted in the Truce of Calais.{{sfn|Rollo-Koster|2015|p=81}}

Etienne was made cardinal-bishop of [[Bishop of Ostia|Ostia and Velletri]] on 13 February 1352, by [[Pope Clement VI]], whom he succeeded.<ref>Conrad Eubel, ''Hierarchia catholica'' Tomus I, editio altera (Monasterii 1913), p. 36; p. 18.</ref>