Veneur Jean Le Veneur was made a Cardinal on 7 November 1533 by Pope Clement VII in his fourteenth consistory, held in Marseille, shortly after the marriage of Clement's niece to the son of King Francis I of France. His creation was at the request of King Francis. On 10 November Le Veneur received the Titular church of San Bartolomeo all'Isola. Also in 1533 Le Veneur was appointed Abbot Commendatory of the Abbey of S. Fuscien aux Boix in the diocese of Amiens, which he held until his death in 1543. In 1534 the Cardinal also became involved in a political-religious dispute involving a friend of his, François Picart, a Doctor of Theology of the University of Paris and a notable preacher. He was accused before the King by some of the nobility who favored the reformed religion for stirring up the people through his preaching. Cardinal Le Veneur defended Picart, but he was opposed by the Chancellor Cardinal du Prat, by the King's Confessor Guillaume Petit, Bishop of Senlis, and by Guillaume Briconnet, Bishop of Meaux. Picart was sent to prison, interrogated on his views, and exiled. Eventually the Cardinal was able to obtain his return. During his Cardinalate, he reorganized the statutes of the see of Paris. On 13 March 1534 King Francis I presented Cardinal Le Veneur to the Abbey of Bec. In March 1535 the King was progressing through Normandy and was pleased to install the Cardinal in his benefice. On 23 March there was a distribution of money to the poor at the order of the King. In 1539, seeing that the Collège Mignon was not being properly maintained, having no religious attention and having fewer bursars than the twelve which were required, the Cardinal undertook to reform the institution. Death and Funeral In the summer of 1543 Jean Le Veneur was following the Royal Court in the King's expedition into Flanders. He caught a fever, and died on 7 or 8 August 1543, in Marle en Thiérache, Picardy. His cousin and friend Bishop Jacques d'Annebault took charge of his body, which was moved to Elbeuf on 14 August, and to Bec on the 15th, where it was kept until 3 September. His heart was encased in a lead container and buried before the High Altar of the Abbey. His remains were then transported to Lisieux His funeral took place in the Cathedral of Saint