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Pope Gregory XI (Latin: Gregorius XI; born Pierre Roger de Beaufort; c. 1329 – 27 March 1378) was head of the Catholic Church from 30 December 1370 to his death, in March 1378. He was the seventh and last Avignon pope [ 1 ] and the most recent French pope recognized by the modern Catholic Church.
The conclave was the first held in Old St. Peter's Basilica. [4]Before his death, Gregory XI substantially loosened the laws of the conclave: he instructed the cardinals to begin immediately after his death (rather than waiting the nine days prescribed by the Ordo Romanis) to prevent "factional coercion", he gave the cardinals permission to hold the conclave outside of Rome and move it as many ...
Malone is an unincorporated community located in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin near the Sheboygan River and Mt. Calvary, in the towns of Marshfield, and Taycheedah. Malone is located in The Holyland region of Wisconsin. [ 2 ]
St. John the Evangelist was consecrated by Archbishop Gaetano Bedini, the papal nuncio of the United States, in 1853. In 1850, Pope Pius IX erected the Diocese of St. Paul, taking Minnesota from the Diocese of Milwaukee. In 1866, the same pope erected the Dioceses of La Crosse and Green Bay, removing their territories from the Diocese of ...
27 March 1378 (7 years, 87 days) Gregory XI GREGORIVS Undecimus: Pierre Roger de Beaufort c. 1329 Maumont, Limousin, France 41 / 49 Born as a subject of the Kingdom of France. Pope at Avignon; returns to Rome. The last French pope. 202: 8 April 1378 – 15 October 1389 (11 years, 190 days) Urban VI VRBANVS Sextus: Bartolomeo Prignano
[1] [2] At least 15, and possibly as many as 19 cardinal-nephews were later elected pope (Gregory IX, Alexander IV, Adrian V, Gregory XI, Boniface IX, Innocent VII, Eugene IV, Paul II, Alexander VI, Pius III, Julius II, Leo X, Clement VII, Benedict XIII, and Pius VII, perhaps also John XIX, Benedict IX, if they were really promoted cardinals ...
The archbishop of Washington, D.C., made history on Saturday by becoming the first African-American cardinal of the Catholic Church. Wilton Gregory, 72, was one of 13 men installed as princes of ...
Pope Gregory XI (1370–1378): Pierre Roger de Beaufort; Holy Roman Empire ... Pope Paul V (1605–1621) Pope Gregory XV (1621–1623) Pope Innocent X (1644–1655)