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Innocent VI

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noun

  1. Étienne Aubert, died 1362, French jurist and ecclesiastic: pope 1352–62.


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It closes with the year 1359, in the times of Innocent VI.

From Notes and Queries, Number 01, November 3, 1849 by Various

Some of his prophecies were so disagreeable to Pope Innocent VI, that the Pontiff determined to put a stop to them, by locking up the prophet in the dungeons of the Vatican.

From Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 by Mackay, Charles

In 1361 a demonstration of these enthusiasts in far-off Naples awakened the solicitude of Innocent VI.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles

The fine Gothic church of the Chartreuse is ruinous; in that stood the tomb of Innocent VI.

From In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

In the first year of Pope Innocent VI.

From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, March 1865 by Various

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