COMTAT VENAISSIN - GREGOIRE XI Pierre Roger de Beaufort Dece - Lot 342

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COMTAT VENAISSIN - GREGOIRE XI Pierre Roger de Beaufort Dece - Lot 342
COMTAT VENAISSIN - GREGOIRE XI Pierre Roger de Beaufort December 30, 1370 - March 26, 1378 (pink) GREGORV'° - : PP: VNDEC (pink). The pope seated frontally on a curule chair and blessing. He holds a long cross. R/. ✠ (two crossed keys) : SANCTVS (two crossed keys): PETRVS: (two crossed keys) and punctuated by two annuli. Two keys in saltire. ** P.A. 4183 ; Boudeau 912 Silver Gros struck in Avignon (undated). (2,73 g) Very nice. The Palace of the Popes in Avignon was their residence in the 14th century. From 1309 to 1378, the popes were still recognized as the sole head of the Catholic Church, and their court was located in the city of Avignon instead of Rome. The period from 1378 to 1418 coincided with the Great Western Schism when two rival popes claimed to rule Western Christendom, one based in Rome and the other in Avignon. Pierre Roger de Beaufort received the cardinal's hat at the age of eighteen from his uncle and godfather Clement VI. And when Urban V died, the cardinals met in conclave in Avignon on December 29, 1370, and the very next morning elected him pope by a unanimous vote. He was ordained a priest on January 4, 1371, to be ordained a bishop and crowned pope the following day. He chose the name of Gregory XI.
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