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Pope Clement VI

1291 - 1352

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pope Clement VI is the 142nd most popular religious figure (up from 191st in 2019), the 108th most popular biography from France (up from 186th in 2019) and the 5th most popular French Religious Figure.

Pope Clement VI was most famous for being the pope during the Black Death.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Clement VI ranks 142 out of 3,187. Before him are Jude the Apostle, Pope Gregory XIV, Ezekiel, Catherine of Alexandria, Pope Urban V, and Francis Xavier. After him are Pope Nicholas V, Pope John XXII, Pope Clement X, Maimonides, Pope Clement IX, and Martin of Tours.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1291, Pope Clement VI ranks 1. After him are Afonso IV of Portugal, Philippe de Vitry, Aymon, Count of Savoy, Lippo Memmi, Cangrande I della Scala, and Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah. Among people deceased in 1352, Pope Clement VI ranks 1. After him are Basarab I of Wallachia, Chungjeong of Goryeo, Matthias of Arras, Elisabeth of Austria, Duchess of Lorraine, and Al-Hakim II.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pope Clement VI ranks 108 out of 6,770. Before him are Louis XII of France (1462), Henry II of France (1519), W. Somerset Maugham (1874), Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717), Louis the Pious (778), and Pope Urban V (1310). After him are Madame de Pompadour (1721), Henri Poincaré (1854), Pope John XXII (1244), Sarah Bernhardt (1844), Marquis de Sade (1740), and Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Pope Clement VI ranks 5. Before him are John Calvin (1509), Pope Urban II (1042), Pope Clement V (1264), and Pope Urban V (1310). After him are 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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