RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Antipope Clement VII

1342 - 1394

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Robert of Geneva (French: Robert de Genève; 1342 – 16 September 1394) was elected to the papacy as Clement VII (French: Clément VII) by the cardinals who opposed Pope Urban VI and was the first antipope residing in Avignon, France. His election led to the Western Schism. The son of Amadeus III, Count of Geneva, Robert became Archbishop of Cambrai and was made a cardinal in 1371. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antipope Clement VII has received more than 294,291 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Antipope Clement VII is the 547th most popular religious figure (down from 500th in 2019), the 593rd most popular biography from France (down from 558th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular French Religious Figure.

Clement VII was the last of the Avignon popes and was most famous for his decision to move the papacy back to Rome.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Antipope Clement VII ranks 547 out of 3,187. Before him are Radha, Pope Stephen II, Hind bint Utbah, Penitent thief, Simon Magus, and Pope Boniface II. After him are Zayd ibn Thabit, Meritaten, William Laud, Saint Timothy, Truganini, and Pope Telesphorus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1342, Antipope Clement VII ranks 3. Before him are Tokhtamysh, and Philip the Bold. After him are Jeong Dojeon, Uskhal Khan Tögüs Temür, Catherine of Bohemia, Frederick the Simple, Leo V, King of Armenia, Julian of Norwich, and Sancho Alfonso, 1st Count of Alburquerque. Among people deceased in 1394, Antipope Clement VII ranks 1. After him are Anne of Bohemia, Gongyang of Goryeo, Emperor Chōkei, John Hawkwood, Constance of Castile, Duchess of Lancaster, Mary de Bohun, Adolf III of the Marck, Dorothea of Montau, Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina, and Nerio I Acciaioli.

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In France

Among people born in France, Antipope Clement VII ranks 593 out of 6,770. Before him are Gérard de Nerval (1808), Joseph Proust (1754), Augustin-Jean Fresnel (1788), Roger Garaudy (1913), Margaret of Anjou (1430), and Françoise Hardy (1944). After him are Jean-Jacques Annaud (1943), Lazare Carnot (1753), Anaïs Nin (1903), Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine (1712), Alain Resnais (1922), and Salome Zourabichvili (1952).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Antipope Clement VII ranks 33. Before him are Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647), Charles de Foucauld (1858), Rashi (1040), Suger (1080), Peter the Hermit (1050), and Luigi Lucheni (1873). After him are Hugues de Payens (1074), Ansgar (801), Marcel Lefebvre (1905), Pope Stephen IX (1020), Jean Meslier (1664), and Peter Waldo (1140).

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