Avignon Papacy

  • Apr 28, 1314

    Pope Clement V

    "All popes during the Avignon papacy were French. .A stronger impact was made by the move of the Roman Curia from Rome to Poitiers in France in 1305, and then to Avignon in 1309"
  • Dec 12, 1334

    Pope John XXII

  • May 3, 1342

    Pope Benedict XII

  • Sep 20, 1362

    Pope Innocent VI

    took holy orders and was appointed to the French bishorprics of Noyon and Clermont
  • Jan 1, 1375

    War of the Eight Saints

    "A war between Pope Gregory XI and a coalition of Italian city-states led by Florence, which contributed to the end of the Avignon Papacy."
  • Jan 1, 1389

    Pope Urban VI

    the last non-cardinal to be elected Pope
  • Jan 1, 1406

    The Great Western Schism

    Crisis due to rival popes claiming papal authority. This began when Urban VI was pope and ended when Martin V was pope.