Man from church overlooking French city (7)
I believe the answer is:
charles
'man' is the definition.
'church overlooking french city' is the wordplay.
'church' becomes 'ch' (common abbreviation).
'overlooking' says to put letters next to each other (down clues only).
'french city' becomes 'arles' (I've seen this before).
'ch'+'arles'='CHARLES'
'from' is the link.
(Other definitions for charles that I've seen before include "Novelist, 1812-70" , "27 [PRINCE]" , "Beheaded English king" , "Caroline king" , "- Kingsley (The Water Babies)" .)