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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 ...
The Western Schism, also known as the Papal Schism, the Great Occidental Schism, the Schism of 1378, or the Great Schism [1] (Latin: Magnum schisma occidentale, Ecclesiae occidentalis schisma), was a split within the Catholic Church lasting from 20 September 1378 to 11 November 1417, in which bishops residing in Rome and Avignon simultaneously claimed to be the true pope, and were eventually ...
Plaque commemorating the popes buried in St. Peter's Basilica (their names in Latin and the year of their burial). This chronological list of popes of the Catholic Church corresponds to that given in the Annuario Pontificio under the heading "I Sommi Pontefici Romani" (The Roman Supreme Pontiffs), excluding those that are explicitly indicated as antipopes.
Pope Gregory V (996–999) Pope Gregory VI (1045–1046) Antipope Gregory VI; Pope Gregory VII (1073–1085), after whom the Gregorian Reform is named; Pope Gregory VIII (1187) Antipope Gregory VIII; Pope Gregory IX (1227–1241) Pope Gregory X (1271–1276) Pope Gregory XI (1370–1378) Pope Gregory XII (1406–1415) Pope Gregory XIII (1572 ...
Pope Gregory XI returned to Rome in 1376 and ended the Avignon Papacy. The most influential decision in the reign of Pope Gregory XI (1370–1378) was the return to Rome, beginning on 13 September 1376 and ending with his arrival on 17 January 1377.
Pope Gregory XI: Palais des Papes (Avignon) [39] 1378 papal conclave: Pope Urban VI: Old St. Peter's Basilica (Rome) [40] 1378 Avignon papal conclave: Antipope Clement VII [40] 1389 papal conclave: Pope Boniface IX: Apostolic Palace (Rome) [41] 1394 Avignon papal conclave: Antipope Benedict XIII: Palais des Papes (Avignon) [42] 1404 papal ...
Peace terms had been tentatively agreed when, on 31 March, the conference learned that Gregory XI had died. Visconti nonetheless transmitted the terms to the principal parties, but the conference broke up. [11] [12] A peace treaty was finally concluded at Tivoli in July 1378, negotiated with Pope Urban VI. [1]