Gregory XI

American  

noun

1. Pierre Roger de Beaufort, 1330–78, French ecclesiastic: pope 1370–78.

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Example Sentences

After Pope Gregory XI’s death in 1378, a new pope was elected and took the name Urban VI, but he was so unpopular that a bunch of cardinals relocated and picked a different pope, Clement VII. This split the church for decades, and then in 1409, cardinals from each side of the schism met and decided the solution was to elect another pope, Alexander V.

From Slate

In the letter, Edward describes how he took several high ranking prisoners in the attack, including the bishop of Limoges and Roger de Beaufort, the brother of Pope Gregory XI.

From BBC

When Gregory XI. ascended the pontifical throne, in 1370, his attention was early directed to the deplorable condition of the Church in Provence, Dauphiné, and the Lyonnais.

From Project Gutenberg

Although his jurisdiction extended over the island of Sicily, Gregory XI., in 1372, when informed that the relics of the Fraticelli were venerated there as those of saints, ordered the prelates to put a stop to it, as though he had no inquisitor to call upon.

From Project Gutenberg

When, in June, 1377, the Friend of God in the Oberland was inspired to visit, with a comrade, Gregory XI., and warn him of the dangers which threatened Christendom, they spoke to him with the utmost freedom, and though he at first was angered, he finally recognized in them the envoys of the Holy Ghost and honored them greatly, urging them to resume their abandoned design of founding a great institution of their order.

From Project Gutenberg