A renowned barrister and judge in the service of Count Raymond V of Toulouse, upon the death of his wife, Pierre Foucois entered the Carthusian Order at the Grande Chartreuse. His son Gui would rise to become Pope, assuming the name of Clement IV. Filippo Balbi immortalized his figure at the Carthusian Monastery of Rome, painting him on a wooden door in the cloister garden of the Terme di Diocleziano, a remarkable piece of art carrying various details and depictions.
A renowned barrister and judge in the service of Count Raymond V of Toulouse, upon the death of his wife, Pierre Foucois entered the Carthusian Order at the Grande Chartreuse. His son Gui would rise to become Pope, assuming the name of Clement IV. Filippo Balbi immortalized his figure at the Carthusian Monastery of Rome, painting him on a wooden door in the cloister garden of the Terme di Diocleziano, a remarkable piece of art carrying various details and depictions.
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