Avignon Papicy

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  • Period: 1352 BCE to 1362 BCE

    Pope Innocent VI

    Innocent VI took holy orders and was appointed to the French bishoprics of Noyon and Clermont
  • Period: 1342 BCE to 1352 BCE

    Pope Clement VI

    Pope Clement VI advanced the practice of indulgences, which will contribute to the Protestant Reformation 200 years later.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1371 to Jan 1, 1378

    Pope Gregory XI

    Persuaded by Saint Catherine of Siena to return the seat of the papacy to Rome, he was the last of the Avignon popes.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1378 to Jan 1, 1389

    Pope Urban VI

    He was the last non-cardinal to be elected pope.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1378 to Jan 1, 1417

    The Great Western Schism

    A period of crisis when rival popes claimed papal authority. This period began while Urban VI was Pope and ended when Martin V was Pope.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1389 to Jan 1, 1404

    Boniface IX

    Pope Boniface IX was the second pontiff to rule in Rome during the Western Schism.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1404 to Jan 1, 1406

    Pope Innocent VII

    Innocent’s election was opposed at Rome, where it caused considerable strife, and at Avignon, where the Western Schism was perpetuated by the rival election of Antipope Benedict XIII.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1406 to Jan 1, 1415

    Pope Gregory XII

    He was the last of the Roman line during the Western Schism , when the papacy was contested by antipopes in Avignon and Pisa.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1417 to Jan 1, 1431

    Martin V

    Pope Martin V's election to the papacy marked the end of the Great Western Schism.