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Pope Clement V. Clement V, POPE (BERTRAND DE GOT), b. at Villandraut in Gascony, France, 1264; d. at Roquemaure, April 20, 1314. He was elected, June 5, 1305, at Perugia as successor to Benedict XI, after a conclave of eleven months, the great length of which was owing to the French and Italian factions among the cardinals.
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Apr 16, 2024 · Clement V (born c. 1260, Bordelais region, France—died April 20, 1314, Roquemaure, Provence) was the pope from 1305 to 1314 who, in choosing Avignon, France, for the papal residence—where it flourished until 1377—became the first of the Avignonese popes. Bishop of Comminges from March 1295, he became archbishop of Bordeaux in 1299.
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The man who would become Pope Clement V was born Raymond Bertrand de Got, of Aquitaine, France, in 1264. He entered the Church almost as an afterthought, with most of his energy being focused on winemaking and patronizing the arts. His brother had been a very wealthy vintner, and de Got was of noble birth, so it seemed natural to buy himself a bish...
As near as anyone can tell, Boniface’s death in 1303 was a result of natural causes, though the intense pressure that Philip put him under probably didn’t help his fever. Philip, who was becoming ever more obsessed with making the Church ungovernable, began actively meddling in the conclave to select the new pope. At first, the Italian cardinals re...
Clement began his reign as he meant to continue it: by stretching the Church over a barrel on behalf of King Philip. The new pope didn’t even travel to Rome for his own coronation, insisting that he be crowned in Lyon instead. Almost his first act was to create nine new French cardinals, all loyal toadies of Philip, to massively outweigh the Italia...
Philip found the money he needed among the holy orders of the Hospitallers and the Templars. These knightly orders had both been founded during the Crusades to defend Christians in Palestine. Both grew enormously wealthy from the trade in alms and relics from the Holy Land. When that land was lost to Muslim armies, both orders retired to Europe, wh...
Pope Clement V ( Latin: Clemens Quintus; c. 1264 – 20 April 1314), born Raymond Bertrand de Got (also occasionally spelled de Guoth and de Goth ), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 5 June 1305 to his death, in April 1314. He is remembered for suppressing the order of the Knights Templar and allowing the ...
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The Avignon Papacy ( French: Papauté d'Avignon) was the period from 1309 to 1376 during which seven successive popes resided in Avignon (at the time within the Kingdom of Arles, part of the Holy Roman Empire; now part of France) rather than in Rome. [1] The situation arose from the conflict between the papacy and the French crown, culminating ...
Clement V, Clement V Clement V Clement V (1264-1314) reigned as pope from 1305 to 1314. He was the first pope of the "Babylonian Captivity," when the papacy was… Gregory Xii, Pope Gregory XII In 1406 an aged Italian cardinal named Angelo Correr (c. 1327-1417) was elected pope; calling himself Gregory XII, he had a bedevile…
Mar 19, 2024 · Avignon papacy. Council of Vienne. Clement V (born c. 1260, Bordelais region, France—died April 20, 1314, Roquemaure, Provence) was the pope from 1305 to 1314 who, in choosing Avignon, France, for the papal residence—where it flourished until 1377—became the first of the Avignonese popes. Bishop of Comminges from March 1295, he became ...
