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Avignon

Avignon is a French commune in southeastern France in the départment of the Vaucluse bordered by the left bank of the Rhône river. Of the 94,787 inhabitants of the city on 1 January 2010, 12 000 live in the ancient town centre surrounded by its medieval ramparts.Often referred to as the "City of Popes" because of the presence of popes and antipopes from 1309 to 1423 during...

Timeline of Events

1327

4.6.1327

The poet Petrarch first sees his idealized love, Laura, in the church of Saint Clare in Avignon.

1328

5.26.1328

William of Ockham, Franciscan Minister-General Michael of Cesena and two other Franciscan leaders secretly leave Avignon, fearing a death sentence from Pope John XXII.

1377

1.17.1377

Pope Gregory XI moves the Papacy back to Rome from Avignon.

1409

6.26.1409

Western Schism: the Roman Catholic church is led into a double schism as Petros Philargos is crowned Pope Alexander V after the Council of Pisa, joining Pope Gregory XII in Rome and Pope Benedict XII in Avignon.