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Clement VI
1291 – 1352 · aged 61
Pope of the Catholic Church and the fourth Avignon Pope (1342–1352)
- Born
- 1291 · Rosiers-d'Égletons
- Died
- 1352 · Avignon
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 1291BornBorn in Rosiers-d'Égletons
- 1328RoleRoman Catholic Bishop of Arras
- 1329 – 1330RoleArchbishop of Sens
- 1330 – 1339RoleArchbishop of Rouen
- 1338RoleCardinal priest
- 1342 – 1352RolePope
- 1352DiedDied in Avignon
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1291 – 1352).
- 1337 – 1453Hundred Years' War
- 1347 – 1351The Black Death
Biography
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.
Roger steadfastly resisted temporal encroachments on the Church's ecclesiastical jurisdiction, and, as pope Clement VI, entrenched French dominance of the Church and opened its coffers to enhance the regal splendour of the Papacy. He recruited composers and music theorists for his court, including figures associated with the then-innovative Ars Nova style of France and the Low Countries.
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