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198th Roman Pontiff
Clement VI
CLEMENS Sextus
Pierre Roger, O.S.B.
197th Successor of St Peter · 1342–1352 · France · b. Maumont, Limousin, Kingdom of France
1342
Elected
1352
Reign ended
10 years
Length
14th
Century
The Life
Subject of the Kingdom of France. Pope at Avignon. Reigned during the Black Death and absolved those who died from it of their sins.
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