Person
François de Tournon
French Augustinian diplomat, cardinal, and military leader
François de Tournon (1489 in Tournon-sur-Rhône – 1562 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye) is a French Augustinian diplomat and cardinal.
From 1536 he is also a military leader of French forces operating in Provence, Savoy and Piedmont.
In the same year he founds the Collège de Tournon.
For a period he is effectively France's foreign minister.