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197th Roman Pontiff
Benedict XII
BENEDICTVS Duodecimus
Jacques Fournier, O.Cist.
197th Successor of St Peter · 1334–1342 · France · b. Saverdun, County of Foix, Kingdom of France
1334
Elected
1342
Reign ended
8 years
Length
14th
Century
The Life
Subject of the Kingdom of France. Pope at Avignon. Member of the Order of Cistercians. Known for issuing the apostolic constitution Benedictus Deus (1336). A careful pope who reformed monastic orders and opposed nepotism.
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