Pape Clement VI
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| Pape Clement VI | |
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| Installed | 7 Mey 1342 |
| Term endit | 6 December 1352 |
| Predecessor | Benedict XII |
| Successor | Innocent VI |
| Orders | |
| Creatit Cardinal | 18 December 1338 |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Pierre Roger |
| Born | 1291 Maumont, Rosiers-d'Égletons, Limousin, Kinrick o Fraunce |
| Deed | 6 December 1352 Avignon, Papal States |
| Ither papes named Clement | |
Pape Clement VI (Laitin: Clemens VI; 1291 – 6 December 1352), born Pierre Roger,[1] wis the heid o the Catholic Kirk frae 7 Mey 1342 tae his daith in 1352. He wis the fowert Avignon Pape. Clement is maist notable as the Pape who reigned during the time o the Black Daith (1348–1350), during which he grantit remission o sins tae aw that died o the plague.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ George L. Williams, Papal Genealogy: The Families and Descendants of the Popes, (McFarland & Company Inc., 1998), 43.