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Gregory XI

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Gregory XI (1330–1378)

French pope. Born at Limousin, France, he reformed the monastic orders, tried to make peace between England and France, and at the entreaty of St Catherine of Siena transferred the papal see from Avignon back to Rome in 1377.



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Gregory XI, the last Avignon pope, was buried in the Church of Santa Maria Nuova in Rome.
Odds & ends by Gilmour, Peter / U.S. Catholic
The pope, Gregory XI, didn't even reside in Rome: he lived in Avignon, France.
St. Catherine of Siena by Hansen, Mary / Catholic Insight
Avignon) Gregory XI brings the papacy back from Avignon to Rome (1377).
Christian pessimism on the walls of the Vatican Galleria delle carte ... by Goffart, Walter / Renaissance Quarterly
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