Pope Clement V Pope

Pope Clement V (Latin: Clemens V; c. 1264 – 20 April 1314), born Raymond Bertrand de Got (also occasionally spelled de Guoth and de Goth), was Pope from 5 June 1305 to his death in 1314. He is infamous for suppressing the order of the Knights Templar and allowing the execution of many of its members, and as the Pope who moved the Curia from Rome to Avignon, ushering in the period known as the Avignon Papacy.

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Pope Clement V
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1264
Birth place
Villandraut
Date of deathApril 20, 1314
Place of death
Roquemaure Gard

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External resources

  1. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/Rosenwald.0030
  2. http://www.loc.gov/rr/rarebook
  3. http://www.papalencyclicals.net/Councils/ecum15.htm