{{Short description|French Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal}}{{One source|date=September 2017}}
'''Jean Suau''' (1503–1566) was a French Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. He started his career as an ecclesiastical court auditor before he was consecrated a bishop and later a cardinal. Suau participated in the papal conclave of 1559 that elected Pope Pius IV.<ref name="bare_url" /> and the papal conclave of 1565-66 that elected Pope Pius V.
==Biography==
=== Early life and education === Jean Suau was born in the Castle of Rieumes in Gascony in 1503.<ref name="bare_url">{{cite web|authorlink=Salvador Miranda (historian) |last=Miranda |first=Salvador |title=SUAU, Jean (1503-1566)|url=https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1555-ii.htm#Suau|work=The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church |accessdate=|publisher=Florida International University Libraries|oclc=53276621}}</ref> He studied canon law and civil law.<ref name="bare_url" />
=== Career === Moving to Rome, he became an auditor, first of the Apostolic Palace, then of the Roman Rota.<ref name="bare_url" />
On 20 December 1555 he was elected Bishop of Mirepoix.<ref name="bare_url" /> He was subsequently consecrated as a bishop.<ref name="bare_url" />
Pope Paul IV made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of 20 December 1555.<ref name="bare_url" /> He received the red hat and the titular church of San Giovanni a Porta Latina on 13 January 1556.<ref name="bare_url" />
He participated in the papal conclave of 1559 that elected Pope Pius IV.<ref name="bare_url" /> Under Paul IV, he served as Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura.<ref name="bare_url" /> He opted for the titular church of Santa Prisca on 26 April 1560.<ref name="bare_url" /> He resigned the government of Mirepoix sometime before 31 January 1561.<ref name="bare_url" /> He later participated in the papal conclave of 1565-66 that elected Pope Pius V.<ref name="bare_url" />
=== Death === He died in the Apostolic Palace on 29 April 1566.<ref name="bare_url" /> He was buried in Santo Spirito in Sassia.<ref name="bare_url" />
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