RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Gregory XI

1370 - 1378

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Pope Gregory XI (Latin: Gregorius XI; born Pierre Roger de Beaufort; c. 1329 – 27 March 1378) was head of the Catholic Church from 30 December 1370 to his death, in March 1378. He was the seventh and last Avignon pope and the most recent French pope recognized by the modern Catholic Church. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Gregory XI has received more than 365,482 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 69 in 2019). Pope Gregory XI is the 207th most popular religious figure (down from 154th in 2019), the 198th most popular biography from France (down from 168th in 2019) and the 14th most popular French Religious Figure.

Pope Gregory XI was the pope who moved the papacy back to Rome from Avignon.

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  • 370k

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  • 77.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 72

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 13.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Gregory XI ranks 207 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Benedict VIII, Elizabeth of Hungary, Pope Boniface I, Pope Celestine III, John of Nepomuk, and Pope Innocent IX. After him are Pope Sixtus II, Bridget of Sweden, Pope Gregory XIV, Pope Innocent XII, Pope Eugene III, and Pope Clement XIV.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1370, Pope Gregory XI ranks 1. After him are Antipope John XXIII, Isabeau of Bavaria, Olaf II of Denmark, Leonardo Bruni, John VII Palaiologos, Gentile da Fabriano, Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, Lorenzo Monaco, Erasmo of Narni, William, Duke of Austria, and Švitrigaila. Among people deceased in 1378, Pope Gregory XI ranks 2. Before him is Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are Joanna of Bourbon, Biligtü Khan Ayushiridara, Galeazzo II Visconti, and Alexius, Metropolitan of Kiev.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pope Gregory XI ranks 198 out of 6,770. Before him are Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark (1934), Pope Benedict XII (1280), Cyrano de Bergerac (1619), Nicolas Flamel (1330), Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême (1775), and Georges Cuvier (1769). After him are Erik Satie (1866), Guy of Lusignan (1150), Charles the Bold (1433), François Truffaut (1932), Alexis de Tocqueville (1805), and Letizia Ramolino (1750).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Pope Gregory XI ranks 14. Before him are Pope Martin IV (1220), Pope Urban V (1310), Bernadette Soubirous (1844), Pope Clement VI (1291), Saint Roch (1295), and Pope Benedict XII (1280). After him are Pope Clement IV (1190), Pope Urban IV (1185), Pope Innocent VI (1282), Pope Urban VI (1318), Pope Callixtus II (1065), and Pope Innocent V (1225).

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