Pope John XXII Timeline of Events

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Pope John XXII

Pope John XXII , born Jacques Duèze , was pope from 1316 to 1334. He was the second Pope of the Avignon Papacy , elected by a conclave in Lyon assembled by Philip V of France...

Timeline of Events

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.

1329

3.27.1329

Pope John XXII issues his ''In Agro Dominico'' condemning some writings of Meister Eckhart as heretical.

8.9.1329

Quilon, the first Indian Christian Diocese, is erected by Pope John XXII; the French-born Jordanus is appointed the first Bishop.