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Pope Gregory XI
Pierre Roger de Beaufort
Preceded by: Blessed Urban V (1362 - 1370)
Succeeded by: Urban VI (1378 - 1389)
Roman Catholic Pope #202
Dates:
Born: 1329 (France)
Died: March 27, 1378
Pope: December 30, 1370 - March 27, 1378 (7 years)
Biography:
The election of Gregory XI was the last time anyone from France would hold the
papal throne. He could be considered a "hopeful" pope - he hoped to move the
papal residence from Avignon back to Rome, he hoped to reunite the Western Latin
and Eastern Orthodox Churches, and he hoped to launch a Crusade against the Turks.
On the first, the return of the papacy to Rome agains the protests of powerful French
cardinals, was actually successful.
Gregory XI also exerted himself against various heresies which had begun to spread around Europe, in particular those of John Wycliffe in England. Much of this effort was through the institution of the Inquisition - an organization which had become ruthless over the years.
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