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The Avignon Papacy (Occitan: Papat d'Avinhon; French: Papauté d'Avignon) was the period from 1309 to 1376 during which seven successive popes resided in Avignon (at the time within the Kingdom of Arles, part of the Holy Roman Empire, now part of France) rather than in Rome (now the capital of Italy). [1]
Clement V's decision to relocate the papacy to France was one of the most contested issues in the papal conclave, 1314–1316 following his death, during which the minority of Italian cardinals were unable to engineer the return of the papacy to Rome. Avignon remained a territory of Naples until Pope Clement VI purchased it from Joan I of ...
Entitled "Exposition de peintures et sculptures contemporaines" (Exposition of contemporary painters and sculptors), it was the starting point for what would later become the Festival d'Avignon. [8] The courtyard of the Palais des Papes is a central performance location during the Festival d'Avignon, which is held every year in July. It is also ...
The return of the popes to Rome after the Avignon Papacy was followed by the Western Schism: the division of the Western Church between two and, for a time, three competing papal claimants. The Renaissance Papacy is known for its artistic and architectural patronage, frequent involvement in European power politics, and opposition against ...
Map showing the Comtat and the Principality of Orange in 1547. Avignon was sold to the papacy by Joanna I, Queen of Naples and Countess of Provence, in 1348, [2] whereupon the two comtats were joined to form a unified papal enclave geographically, though retaining their separate political identities.
1309 - Pope Clement V moves to Avignon at the start of the Avignon Papacy. [16] 1334 - Papal conclave in Avignon elects Pope Benedict XII. [17] 1335 - Construction of the Palais des Papes begins under Pope Benedict XII. [18] 1348 Avignon bought by Pope Clement VI from Joanna, countess of Provence for 80,000 florins. [19]
To understand why the Roman Catholic church is at a crossroads today, it helps to look back at the 10 years since Pope Francis was selected. Francis didn’t replace a pope who had died. David ...
Pope Clement VI died on December 6, 1352, at Avignon. During his pontificate he constantly refused to return to Rome and purchased the sovereignty of Avignon (where resided papal court) from Queen Joan I of Naples. At the time of his death, there were 26 living cardinals. 25 of them participated in the conclave: [2]