Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord was a French cardinal, from one of the most aristocratic families in Périgord, south-west France. Hélie became a major figure in the Avignon papacy, and also a diplomat engaged in the negotiations of the Hundred Years' War, having friendships in both English and French royal families. In his last months he had been appointed Papal Legate for a crusade against the Turks.
- Occupation
- diplomat, Catholic priest, Catholic bishop, bishop
- Position held
- Dean of the College of Cardinals, cardinal-bishop, bishop of Limoges, cardinal
- Citizenship
- France
