RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Clement VI

1291 - 1352

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Pope Clement VI (Latin: Clemens VI; 1291 – 6 December 1352), born Pierre Roger, was head of the Catholic Church from 7 May 1342 to his death, in December 1352. He was the fourth Avignon pope. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Clement VI has received more than 442,006 page views. His biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2019). Pope Clement VI is the 191st most popular religious figure (down from 187th in 2019), the 186th most popular biography from France (up from 199th in 2019) and the 11th most popular French Religious Figure.

Pope Clement VI was most famous for being the pope during the Black Death.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Clement VI ranks 191 out of 3,187Before him are Malik ibn Anas, Pope Urban III, Pope Gregory VIII, Pope Benedict XIV, Pope Martin V, and Pope Clement XIII. After him are Agnes of Rome, Pope Eugene IV, Pope Marcellus II, Saint Roch, Pope Pelagius I, and Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1291, Pope Clement VI ranks 1After him are Afonso IV of Portugal, Philippe de Vitry, Aymon, Count of Savoy, Lippo Memmi, Cangrande I della Scala, and Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah. Among people deceased in 1352, Pope Clement VI ranks 1After him are Basarab I of Wallachia, Elisabeth of Austria, Duchess of Lorraine, Matthias of Arras, Chungjeong of Goryeo, and Al-Hakim II.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pope Clement VI ranks 186 out of 6,770Before him are Francis II of France (1544), Vilfredo Pareto (1848), Georges Seurat (1859), Carlo Buonaparte (1746), Louis Daguerre (1787), and Henri Rousseau (1844). After him are Louis X of France (1289), Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (1113), Louis Bonaparte (1778), Saint Roch (1295), Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796), and Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark (1934).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Pope Clement VI ranks 11Before him are Saint Sebastian (300), Pope Clement V (1264), Pope John XXII (1244), Pope Martin IV (1220), Pope Urban V (1310), and Bernadette Soubirous (1844). After him are Saint Roch (1295), Pope Benedict XII (1280), Pope Gregory XI (1370), Pope Clement IV (1190), Pope Urban IV (1185), and Pope Innocent VI (1282).