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195th Roman Pontiff
Clement V
CLEMENS Quintus
Raymond Bertrand de Got (or Goth)
195th Successor of St Peter · 1305–1314 · France · b. Villandraut, Gascony, Kingdom of France
1305
Elected
1314
Reign ended
9 years
Length
14th
Century
The Life
Subject of the Kingdom of France. Moved the papacy to Avignon (1309). Convened the Council of Vienne (1311–1312). Initiated the persecution of the Knights Templar with the bull Pastoralis Praeeminentiae under pressure from King Philip IV of France.
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