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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 270,238 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Antipope Clement VII is the 505th most popular religious figure (down from 458th in 2019), the 558th most popular biography from France (down from 529th in 2019) and the 31st 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 505 out of 2,238Before him are Dorothea of Caesarea, Pope Soter, Jehoshaphat, Saint Spyridon, Halimah bint Abi Dhuayb, and Haggai. After him are Ansgar, Pope Silverius, Ahmed Yassin, Korah, Edward the Confessor, and Peter the Hermit.

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Contemporaries

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

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In France

Among people born in France, Antipope Clement VII ranks 558 out of 6,011Before him are Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy (1383), Léon Walras (1834), Theuderic I (485), René Guénon (1886), Luc Besson (1959), and Childebert I (497). After him are Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728), Ansgar (801), Jacques Hébert (1757), Marie Tussaud (1761), Gaston Bachelard (1884), and Paul Sabatier (1854).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Antipope Clement VII ranks 31Before him are Hugues de Payens (1074), Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647), Suger (1080), Luigi Lucheni (1873), John Vianney (1786), and Rashi (1040). After him are Ansgar (801), Peter the Hermit (1050), Charles de Foucauld (1858), Pope Nicholas II (990), Peter Waldo (1140), and Clotilde (475).