RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Clement V

1264 - 1314

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Pope Clement V (Latin: Clemens Quintus; c. 1264 – 20 April 1314), born Raymond Bertrand de Got (also occasionally spelled de Guoth and de Goth), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 5 June 1305 to his death, in April 1314. He is remembered for suppressing the order of the Knights Templar and allowing the execution of many of its members. A Frenchman by birth, Clement moved the Papacy from Rome to Avignon, ushering in the period known as the Avignon Papacy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pope Clement V is the 116th most popular religious figure (up from 136th in 2019), the 88th most popular biography from France (up from 146th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular French Religious Figure.

Pope Clement V is most famous for being the pope who moved the Papal See from Rome to Avignon, France in 1309.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Clement V ranks 116 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Clement VIII, Pope Clement XI, Jerome, Pope Clement XIII, Pope Clement XIV, and Pope Sixtus IV. After him are Luke the Evangelist, Samuel, Moses in Islam, Pope Innocent VIII, Methuselah, and Pope Alexander VIII.

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Among people born in 1264, Pope Clement V ranks 1. After him is Prince Koreyasu. Among people deceased in 1314, Pope Clement V ranks 2. Before him is Philip IV of France. After him are Jacques de Molay, Rainier I of Monaco, Lord of Cagnes, John Balliol, Albert II, Margrave of Meissen, Muhammad III of Granada, Zhu Shijie, Stephen I, Ban of Bosnia, and Helen of Anjou.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pope Clement V ranks 88 out of 6,770. Before him are Henri Bergson (1859), Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663), Tacitus (54), Jacques Cartier (1491), Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757), and Irène Joliot-Curie (1897). After him are Jacques-Louis David (1748), Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744), Louis de Broglie (1892), Louis Braille (1809), Jean-Paul Belmondo (1933), and Louis de Funès (1914).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Pope Clement V ranks 3. Before him are John Calvin (1509), and Pope Urban II (1042). After him are Pope Urban V (1310), Pope Clement VI (1291), Pope John XXII (1244), Pope Innocent VI (1282), Pope Gregory XI (1370), Pope Benedict XII (1280), Pope Clement IV (1190), Bernard of Clairvaux (1090), and Pope Callixtus II (1065).

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