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Pierre de Luxembourg

French prelate
Pierre de Luxembourg was a French Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Metz. He was made a cardinal of by an antipope, yet proclaimed "blessed" by the Catholic Church 140 years after his death. Wikipedia
Born: July 20, 1369, Ligny-en-Barrois, France
Died: July 2, 1387 (age 17 years), Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, France
Great-grandparent: Waleran II, Lord of Ligny
Beatified: 9 April 1527; Old Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, Papal States; by Pope Clement VII
Created cardinal: 15 April 1384; by Antipope Clement VII