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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.
Clement VI was the pope from 1342 to 1352. Abbot of the Benedictine monasteries at Fécamp and La Chaise-Dieu, France, he became archbishop of Sens in 1329 and of Rouen in 1330. He was made cardinal in 1338 by Pope Benedict XII, whom he succeeded, being consecrated at Avignon on May 19, 1342.
Pope Clement VI was the 198th pope and one of the Popes of Avignon who served the papacy while living in France. He is known for the actions he took and words he spoke during the black plague. This article looks at Pope Clement VI in greater detail.
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Clement VI was nevertheless a protector of the oppressed and a helper of the needy. His courage and charity strikingly appeared at the time of the Great Pestilence, or Black Death, at Avignon (1348-49).
Clement VI, POPE (PIERRE ROGER), b. 1291 in the castle of Maumont, department of Correze, France, elected pope, May 7, 1342, at Avignon, where he died December 6, 1352. At the age of ten he entered the Benedictine monastery of La Chaise-Dieu (Haute-Loire), where he made his religious profession.
Clement VI. 198th Pope of the Catholic Church.
He was bishop of Arras (1328), archbishop of Sens (1329) and of Rouen (1330), and cardinal priest (1338). His learning, eloquence, amiable manner, and diplomatic skill won him the favor of King Philip VI of France and Pope john xxii.
The Holy See Pontiffs Clement VI [ AR - DE - EN - ES - FR - IT - PT] Clement VI 198th Pope of the Catholic Church Beginning Pontificate: 7,19.V.1342: End Pontificate: 6.XII.1352: Secular Name: Pierre Roger: Birth: Maumont (Limousin) ...
Clement VI, 1291–1352, pope (1342–52), a Frenchman named Pierre Roger; successor of Benedict XII. His court was at Avignon. He had been archbishop of Sens, archbishop of Rouen, and cardinal (1338).
Clemens VI [ AR - DE - EN - ES - FR - IT - LA - PT] Clement VI 198° Pope of the Catholic Church Beginning Pontificate: 7,19.V.1342: End Pontificate: 6.XII.1352: Secular Name: Pierre Roger: Birth: Maumont (Limousin) Epistula Super ...
