Jean de Picquigny was a French noble from Amiens who was viceroy of Languedoc. Known for arresting Bishop Bernard Saisset in 1301 as well as freeing Inquisition prisoners in Carcassonne along with Bernard Délicieux in 1303. For these controversial actions he was excommunicated in 1303.
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