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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 ...
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
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 ...
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: 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 ...
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 ...
Hugues de Saint-Martial: ... Pope Gregory XI; G. Mollat, The Popes at Avignon 1305-1378, London 1963 This page was last edited on 17 January 2025 ...