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Avignon Papacy
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The Avignon Papacy was the period from 1309 to 1376 during which seven successive popes resided in Avignon rather than in Rome. The situation arose from the conflict between the papacy and the French
The Papal palace in Avignon, France
The Papal palace in Avignon, France
Pope Gregory XI returned to Rome in 1376 and ended the Avignon Papacy.
Pope Gregory XI returned to Rome in 1376 and ended the Avignon Papacy.
Western Schism
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The Western Schism, also known as the Great Divide, the Great Occidental Schism, the Schism of 1378, or the Great Western Schism, was a split within the Catholic Church lasting from 20 September 1378
Avignon Papacy
…in January 1377. After Gregory's death in 1378, deteriorating relations between his successor Urban VI and a faction of cardinals gave rise to the Western Schism. This started a second line of Avignon popes, subsequently regarded as illegitimate. The last Avignon antipope, Benedict XIII, lost most of his support…
A 14th-century miniature symbolizing the schism
A 14th-century miniature symbolizing the schism
Habemus Papam at the Council of Constance
Habemus Papam at the Council of Constance
Plaque commemorating the popes buried in St. Peter's Basilica. Alexanders VI, VII, and VIII are numbered as though the Pisan pope Alexander V were leg
Plaque commemorating the popes buried in St. Peter's Basilica. Alexanders VI, VII, and VIII are numbered as though the Pisan pope Alexander V were legitimate, but John XXIII (d. 1963) reused the ordinal of the Pisan pope John XXIII.