Avignon Papacy

By Brian_McElhinney
  • Jan 1, 1309

    Avignon Papacy

    Pope Clement V moved his papal residency to Avignon, France
  • Jan 1, 1309

    Pope Clement V

    Pope Clement decided to move the papal residency because of the quick and sudden deaths of his 2 predecessors
  • Sep 13, 1376

    End of Avignon Papacy

    Pope Gregory XI abandoned Avignon, France to move the papacy back to Rome
  • Mar 27, 1378

    Pope Gregory XI

    After he brought the papal residency back to Rome he died a year afterwards which in turn led to the Western Schism
  • Jan 1, 1417

    Western Schism

    After the death of Gregory XI, Pope Urban VI took over which led to the breakdown in relations between the cardinals and himself, which led to the Western Schism, which began a second line of Avignon Popes who were considered illegitimate and known as the antipopes. The antipope lost most of his support in 1398.