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  More info about: John XXII, Pope in Avignon - 1316
  John XXII, Pope in Avignon - 1316
Pope John XXII, born Jacques Duèze (or d'Euse), was pope from 1316 to 1334. He was the son of a shoemaker in Cahors. He studied medicine in Montpellier and law in Paris....
         
  More info about: Clement V, First Pope in Avignon - 1309
  Clement V, First Pope in Avignon - 1309
Clement settled in Avignon France in 1309. Until this time all Popes had resided in Rome. Avignon would be the home of the Popes until 1378, with but one brief exception....
         
  More info about: Laura de Noves, Petrarch's Muze
  Laura de Noves, Petrarch's Muze
Laura de Noves was the wife of Count Hugues de Sade (ancestor of the Marquis de Sade). She could be the Laura that the Renaissance poet Francesco Petrarch wrote about ext...
         
  More info about: Pope Urban V, Attempt return to Rome
  Pope Urban V, Attempt return to Rome
Urban V, pope (1362–70), a Provençal named Guillaume de Grimoard; successor of Innocent VI. He was a Benedictine renowned for his knowledge of canon law. The great event...
         
  More info about: Pope Gregory XI, Return to Rome - 1376
  Pope Gregory XI, Return to Rome - 1376
Gregory XI, 1330–78, pope (1370–78), a Frenchman named Pierre Roger de Beaufort. He was the successor of Urban V, who had made an unsuccessful attempt to remove the papac...
         
  More info about: Pope Martin V, End of the Schism
  Pope Martin V, End of the Schism
Martin V, pope (1417–31), a Roman named Oddone Colonna; successor of Gregory XII. He was created cardinal by Innocent VII, and in the schism he attended and supported the...
         
       


     




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