Pope Clement V
A Frenchman, Clement V never went to Rome. In 1309 he settled the papal court at Avignon, where it remained for nearly seventy years. Under pressure from Philip IV, he suppressed the Order of the Knights Templar at the Council of Vienne in 1312.
- Pontificate
- 21 June 1305 – 28 April 1314 (8 years, 10 months)
- Born
- c. 1264, Villandraut
- Died
- 28 April 1314, Roquemaure
- Preceded by
- Pope Benedict XI
- Succeeded by
- Pope John XXII
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