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He was sent to France as Legate by Pope Nicholas V to make peace between Charles VII and England (1451), and undertook, '' Ex Officio '', the revision of the trial of Joan Of Arc ; he afterwards reformed the statutes of the University Of Paris . He then went to preside over the assembly of clergy which met at Bourges to discuss the observation of the Pragmatic Sanction , finally returning to Rome , where he passed almost all the rest of his life.

He was a great builder: Rouen, Mont St Michel, Pontoise and Gaillon owing many noble buildings to his initiative.