French cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Papal Secretary of State (1969-79), Camerlengo of the Church (1970-79). Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy (1967-69). Archbishop of Lyon (1965-67). Resigned office shortly after the mysterious and sudden death of Pope John Paul I (Albino Luciani). 
 
ANS -  Autograph Note Signed, no date or place, two signed of his imprinted correspondence card. Untranslated French but addressed to the distinguished Canon Vuaillet of Lyon. Villot is somewhat uncommon.
 
Numerous conspiracy theories began to circulate the very day that John Paul I died. In David Yoder's 2012 book, The Power and The Glory: Inside the Dark Heart of John Paul II's Vatican, author Yoder suggested that three prelates conspired in the pontiff's death: Villot, Cardinal Cody and Archbishop Paul Marcinkus, along with three mafiosos. The day of his ascendancy to the Throne of Peter, the pontiff gave a list of personnel transfers to Villot in light of the Vatican Bank scandal.