RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Clement V

1264 - 1314

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Pope Clement V (Latin: Clemens Quintus; c. 1264 – 20 April 1314), born Raymond Bertrand de Got (also occasionally spelled de Guoth and de Goth), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 5 June 1305 to his death, in April 1314. He is remembered for suppressing the order of the Knights Templar and allowing the execution of many of its members. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Clement V has received more than 840,889 page views. His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2019). Pope Clement V is the 136th most popular religious figure (down from 100th in 2019), the 146th most popular biography from France (down from 111th in 2019) and the 6th most popular French Religious Figure.

Pope Clement V is most famous for being the pope who moved the Papal See from Rome to Avignon, France in 1309.

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  • 840k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 75.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 68

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Clement V ranks 136 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Formosus, Margaret the Virgin, Saint Dominic, Pope Clement VIII, Mahavira, and Pope Pius VI. After him are Pope Leo XI, Anselm of Canterbury, Pope Clement I, Moses in Islam, Pope Pius VII, and Barnabas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1264, Pope Clement V ranks 1. After him is Prince Koreyasu. Among people deceased in 1314, Pope Clement V ranks 2. Before him is Philip IV of France. After him are Jacques de Molay, John Balliol, Albert II, Margrave of Meissen, Stephen I, Ban of Bosnia, Rainier I of Monaco, Lord of Cagnes, Helen of Anjou, Zhu Shijie, and Muhammad III of Granada.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pope Clement V ranks 146 out of 6,770. Before him are Joachim Murat (1767), Louis XVIII of France (1755), Gérard Depardieu (1948), Godfrey of Bouillon (1060), Joseph Bonaparte (1768), and François Hollande (1954). After him are Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754), Charles IX of France (1550), Georges Braque (1882), Eugène de Beauharnais (1781), Pope John XXII (1244), and Zinedine Zidane (1972).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Pope Clement V ranks 6. Before him are John Calvin (1509), Pope Urban II (1042), Bernard of Clairvaux (1090), Thérèse of Lisieux (1873), and Saint Sebastian (300). After him are Pope John XXII (1244), Pope Martin IV (1220), Pope Urban V (1310), Bernadette Soubirous (1844), Pope Clement VI (1291), and Saint Roch (1295).

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