Guillaume de Pierre Godin

Godin was born in Bayonne and spent his early years in south-west France.

His work there as lecturer was important in creating the Dominican orthodox Thomist position.

He was named Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals in November 1323 [4] From 1326 he was engaged in demon-hunting episcopal trials in the area of Cahors and Toulouse.

[1] Godin contributed financially to the construction of the nave of the Church of the Jacobins in Toulouse.

[8] He is now considered the author of the polemical work De causa immediata ecclesiasticæ potestatis, which in the past has been attributed to Peter Paludanus, now dated to around 1318.