Angel de Grimoard (ca. 1315/1320 in Grizac,Languedoc – 13 April 1388 inAvignon), also recorded asAngelic orAnglic, was aFrenchcanon regular and aCardinal. He was the younger brother ofPope Urban V.

He was born about 1315 in the Castle of Grizac, now located in thecommune ofLe Pont-de-Montvert, the son of William de Grimoard, Lord of Bellegarde, and of Amphélise de Montferrand. As a young man, he joined theCanons Regular of Saint Augustine at theAbbey of Saint Rufus [fr] nearValence. In 1358 he becameprior of the Priory of St.-Pierre-de-Dieu. In September 1362 his older brother, theBenedictineAbbot Guillaume, was elected pope. His brother named himBishop of Avignon that following December.

Four years later, in aconsistory held atAvignon on 18 September 1366, Grimoard was createdCardinal Priest, with the title ofSan Pietro in Vincoli, long held by canons regular. In September 1367 he was promoted to the rank ofCardinal-Bishop of Albano. He was PapalVicar for the administration of thePapal States from 1368 until 1371. In this office, he tried to conquer the city ofForlì, which was aGhibelline town, but was never able to do so.

At the end of 1370, the dying Pope Urban, who had returned to Avignon after a brief stay in Rome, asked to be moved to Anglic's residence, that he might be closer to the people he loved. He died there on 19 December.^[1]

After theensuing conclave held in Avignon to choose the new pope, Grimoard was namedarchpriest of theLateran Basilica, succeeding Cardinal Pierre Roger de Beaufort, who had been electedPope Gregory XI. He becameDean of the Sacred College in November 1373. He chose not to return toRome with Gregory, who returned the residence of the papacy to Rome in 1376.

After the outbreak of theGreat Western Schism in 1378 he gave his allegiance to theAntipope Clement VII, in consequence of which he lost his position asDean of thecollegiate chapter ofYork. Cardinal Grimoard was never able to participate in either of theconclaves held during his cardinalate as he was serving in Italy when his brother died, and was in Avignon for the following one, which was held in Rome.

He authored severalliturgical music compositions during his lifetime, and was the founder of several monasteries inApt, Avignon andMontpellier. After his death on 13 April 1388, he was buried in the Abbey of Saint Rufus, his original monastery, as he had directed.^[2]