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Three years later Pope Boniface VIII appointed him Archbishop of Bourges, France, although Jean de Savigny had already been designated for this see by Pope Celestine V. The French nobility protested on the ground that Colonna was an Italian, but his appointment was maintained and approved by the king.
Swedish[sv]
Tre år senare utnämnde Påve Bonifatius VIII honom till ärkebiskop av Bourges, Frankrike, fastän Jean de Savigny redan utlovats detta säte av Påve Celestinus V. Den franska adeln protesterade på grund av att ätten Colonna, som Ægidius tillhörde, var italiensk, men hans utnämning vidhölls och godkändes av kungen.