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Like his immediate predecessors, he was devoted to France, and he further evinced his French sympathies by refusing a solemn invitation to return to Rome, and by purchasing the sovereignty of Avignon from Joanna, queen of Naples, for 80,000 crowns. The money was never paid, but Clement may have deemed that he gave the queen a full equivalent by absolving her from the murder of her husband.
The other chief incidents of his pontificate were his disputes with Edward III of England on account of the latter's encroachments on ecclesiastical jurisdiction, his excommunication of the Emperor Louis of Bavaria, his negotiations for reunion with the Eastern Church, and the commencement of Cola di Rienzi's agitation at Rome.
He died in December 6, 1352, leaving the reputation of "a fine gentleman, a prince munificent to profusion, a patron of the arts and learning, but no saint" ( Gregorovius; see also GibbonEdward Gibbon ( April 27, 1737 ( O. May 8, 1737 ( N. January 16, 1794) was an English historian, author of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire a groundbreaking work. He was born in Putney, near London, England into a relatively well-to, chap. 66).
from the 9th edition (1876) of an unnamed encyclopedia
| Preceded by Benedict XIIBenedict XII ne Jacques Fournier ( 1285 April 24, 1342), was pope from 1334 to 1342. He succeeded Pope John XXII, but did not carry out the policy of his predecessor. He practically made peace with the Emperor Louis, and as far as possible came to terms w | Pope ( list) | Succeeded by Innocent VIInnocent VI ne Stephen Aubert ( 1282 September 12, 1362), pope at Avignon from 1352 to 1362, the successor of Clement VI, was a native of the diocese of Limoges, and, after having taught civil law at Toulouse, became bishop successively of Noyon and of Cl |
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