Editing Pope Urban V (section)

==Early life==
Guillaume de Grimoard was born in 1310 in the [[Castle of Grizac]] in the [[France|French]] region of [[Languedoc]] (today part of the [[communes of France|commune]] of [[Le Pont-de-Montvert]], [[departments of France|department]] of [[Lozère]]), the second son of Guillaume de Grimoard, Lord of Bellegarde, and of Amphélise de Montferrand.<ref>{{cite book|author=Jean-Baptiste Magnan|title=Histoire d'Urbain V et de son siècle...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M1fet5KDsGYC&pg=PA83|edition=deuxieme|year=1863|publisher=A. Bray|location=Paris|language=fr|page=83}}</ref> He had two brothers, Étienne and [[Angel de Grimoard|Angel]] the future cardinal, and a sister Delphine.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Th. Roussel|title=De la cathedrale de Mende et du Pape Urbain V|journal=Bulletin de la Société des Lettres, Sciences et Arts du Département de la Lozère|date=1857|volume=8|pages=15–27, at 18–19|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k4QDAAAAMAAJ&q=Amph%C3%A9lise+de+Montferrand&pg=PA19|access-date=19 November 2020|archive-date=17 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201217090320/https://books.google.com/books?id=k4QDAAAAMAAJ&q=Amph%C3%A9lise+de+Montferrand&pg=PA19|url-status=live}} Cf. {{cite book|author=Joseph Hyacinthe Albanès|title=Entrée solennelle du pape Urbain V à Marseille en 1365: programme de la fête, dressé par le conseil de la ville, texte provençal inédit du XIVe siècle, notes historiques et pièces justificatives|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mBEQAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA64|year=1865|publisher=Boy-Estellon|location=Marseille|language=fr|page=64}}</ref>

In 1327, Guillaume Grimoard became a [[Benedictine]] [[monk]] in the small [[Chirac, Lozère|Priory of Chirac]], near his home,<ref name="ReferenceA">Richard P. McBrien, ''Lives of the Popes'', 243. Chaillan, pp. 6–7.</ref> which was a [[Dependency (religion)|dependency]] of the ancient [[Abbey of St. Victor, Marseille|Abbey of St. Victor]] near [[Marseille]]. He was sent to St. Victor for his [[novitiate]]. After his profession of monastic vows, he was [[Holy Orders|ordained]] a priest in his own monastery in Chirac in 1334. He studied literature and law at Montpellier, and then he moved to the University of Toulouse, where he studied law for four years. He earned a doctorate in [[Canon law (Catholic Church)|Canon Law]] on 31 October 1342.<ref>Chaillan, p. 9.</ref> He became a noted [[canonist]],  teaching at Montpellier, Paris and [[Avignon]].

He was appointed Prior of Nôtre-Dame du Pré (de Priorato) in the diocese of Auxerre by Pope Clement VI, which he held until his promotion to Saint-Germain en Auxerre in 1352.  He began both disciplinary and financial reforms. His new bishop, Jean d'Auxois (1353–1359), however, in concert with the Archbishop of Sens, Guillaume de Melun, made heavy demands on the hospitality of the monks of Saint-Germain in Auxerre, and when the bishops attempted to impose new exactions, which were resisted by Grimoard, the Archbishop physically abused the Prior. Grimoard nonetheless would not submit.<ref>Chaillan, p. 12, 15–16.</ref>  Prior Grimoard became Procurator-General for the Order of St. Benedict at the Papal Curia.<ref>Chaillan, p. 12, as recalled by Cardinal [[Guy of Boulogne|Guy de Boulogne]] in his funeral oration for Urban V.</ref>

The Bishop of Clermont, Pierre de Aigrefeuille (1349–1357), appointed Grimoard to be his vicar general, which meant in effect that he ruled the diocese on behalf of the bishop. When Bishop Pierre was transferred to Uzès (1357–1366), Guillaume Grimond became Vicar General of Uzès.<ref>Chaillan, p. 11.</ref>

Guillaume was named abbot of the monastery of Saint-Germain en Auxerre on 13 February 1352 by Pope Clement VI.<ref>Lecacheux, pp. 409–410.</ref>  In 1359 the town and abbey were captured by the English and subjected to heavy imposts.<ref>{{cite book|author=Ch. Lefleuve|title=Histoire de Saint Germain d'Auxerrois, patron de la paroisse du Louvre et de la ville d'Auxerre|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IO7W5f4fpBMC&pg=PA406|year=1843|publisher=Debécourt|location=Paris|language=fr|pages=401–407}}</ref>