Grosparmy was a canon in the chapter of
Bayeux Cathedral and served as
Keeper of the Seal to King
Louis IX of France between 1253 and 1260. In 1259, he was elected
Bishop of Évreux and consecrated the abbey church of
Saint-Taurin in the presence of the King on 19 October 1259. Grosparmy traveled to Rome on a diplomatic mission for the King in 1260. On 17 December 1261, he was consecrated
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano by
Pope Urban IV. In the following years, he served in Papal service, for which he gave up his ecclesiastical office in France. In 1264/1265, he participated in the
Conclave that elected Pope Clement IV. After the defeat and death of the Hohenstaufen
King Manfred of Sicily, Raoul was entrusted with the reorganization of ecclesiastical affairs in the Kingdom of Sicily, as Papal legate from 1266 to 1268.
Pope Clement IV (died 1268) appointed Grosparmy legate for the
Eighth Crusade, led by King
Louis IX of France. Grosparmy died of
dysentery in August 1270 during the Siege of Tunis, a few days before the King. == Sources ==