Clement VI

American  

noun

1. Pierre Roger, 1291–1352, French ecclesiastic: pope 1342–52.

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Example Sentences

As a result of their increasingly radical orientation, however, by 1349 flagellants had been officially condemned by Pope Clement VI, and they ultimately faded into oblivion in the fifteenth century.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

In 1342 Pope Clement VI confirmed them as official guardians of the Holy Places on behalf of the Roman Catholic world.�

From Time Magazine Archive

Clement VI approved it, extending its jurisdiction to tithes, benefices, marriages, and other matters of ordinary authority, and both Paul III and Saint Pius V confirmed it.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 01 of 55 1493-1529 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century by Robertson, James Alexander

After making this concession the pope died, and was succeeded by Clement VI.

From History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy by Machiavelli, Niccolò

Portions of the letters of John XXII, Benedict XII, and Clement VI, are already issued.

From The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) by Hunt, William