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Clement VI

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Clement VI

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Also known as Pierre Roger de Beuamont, Pope Clement VI, Clemente VI

Pope of the Catholic Church and the fourth Avignon Pope (1342–1352)

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Clement VI was a pope who led the Catholic Church from 1342 to 1352 and was the fourth pope to reside in Avignon, France rather than Rome. He is notable for his role during a significant period when papal authority was centered outside Italy, which shaped the Church's influence and structure during the medieval era.

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Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
France
Place of birth
Rosiers-d'Égletons
Place of death
Avignon
Occupation
Catholic priest
Educated at
College of Sorbonne
Languages spoken
Latin
Religion
Catholic Church
Participant in
1342 papal conclave
Image
Henri Auguste Calixte César Serrur (1794-1865)-ritratto Clemente VI.jpg
Work location
Papal States
Religious order
Benedictines
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place of burial
Royal abbey of La Chaise-Dieu
Commons category
Clemens VI
date of death
1352-12-06
date of birth
1291-00-00
described by source
Wikitólica
topic's main category
Category:Pope Clement VI
name in native language
Clemens PP. VI
consecrator
Bertrand du Pouget
name
Pope Clement VI
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Mantello
P8168
schedule
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Encyclopedic overview

Pope Clement VI (Latin: Clemens VI; 1291 – 6 December 1352), born Pierre Roger, was head of the Catholic Church from 7 May 1342 to his death, in December 1352. He was the fourth Avignon pope. Clement reigned during the first visitation of the Black Death (1348–1350), during which he granted remission of sins to all who died of the plague.

Roger steadfastly resisted temporal encroachments on the Church's ecclesiastical jurisdiction, and, as pope Clement VI, entrenched French dominance of the Church and opened its coffers to enhance the regal splendour of the Papacy. He recruited composers and music theorists for his court, including figures associated with the then-innovative Ars Nova style of France and the Low Countries.

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