# Pope Clement VI

> He led the Church through the Black Death's first sweep across Europe, granting blanket absolution to plague victims while the death toll mounted into the tens of millions.

*Pope of the Catholic Church and the fourth Avignon Pope (1342–1352)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/pope-clement-vi

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Country:** France
- **Born:** 1291
- **Died:** 1352-12-06
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born Pierre Roger in 1291, he rose through French ecclesiastical ranks to claim the papacy on 7 May 1342, the fourth pope to rule from Avignon rather than Rome. He defended the Church's jurisdiction against secular encroachment and deepened French control over Catholic hierarchy, spending lavishly to elevate papal ceremony and recruiting composers versed in the new Ars Nova style for his court. When the Black Death arrived in 1348, he issued remission of sins for all who succumbed to the plague as the pandemic raged across the continent for two years. He died 6 December 1352, his decade-long reign defined by splendor and catastrophe in equal measure.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 62.4 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 23.0 / 100
- **Now attention:** 11.6 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #119

## Topics
#Religious Figures, #Writer / Author, #Literature, #Law, #Religion, #France, #Europe, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170863)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Clement_VI)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Pope%20Clement%20VI)
- [كليمنت السادس](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B3)
- [Клімент VI](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82_VI)
- [Климент VI](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82_VI)
- [Klemañs VI](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klema%C3%B1s_VI)
- [Climent VI](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climent_VI)
- [Gáu-huòng Clemens 6-sié](https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A1u-hu%C3%B2ng_Clemens_6-si%C3%A9)
- [Klement VI.](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klement_VI.)
- [Pab Clement VI](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pab_Clement_VI)
- [Pave Clemens 6.](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pave_Clemens_6.)
- [Clemens VI.](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clemens_VI.)
- [Clemens VI](https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clemens_VI)
- [Πάπας Κλήμης ΣΤ΄](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%AC%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%82_%CE%9A%CE%BB%CE%AE%CE%BC%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%A3%CE%A4%CE%84)
- [Klemento la 6-a](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klemento_la_6-a)
- [Clemente VI](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clemente_VI)
- [Clemens VI](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clemens_VI)
- [Klemente VI.a](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klemente_VI.a)
- [پاپ کلمنت ششم](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%BE_%DA%A9%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AA_%D8%B4%D8%B4%D9%85)
- [Klemens VI](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klemens_VI)
- [Clément VI](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cl%C3%A9ment_VI)
- [Pápa Cléimeans VI](https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1pa_Cl%C3%A9imeans_VI)
- [Clemente VI, papa](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clemente_VI%2C_papa)
- [Kau-fòng Clemens 6-sṳ](https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kau-f%C3%B2ng_Clemens_6-s%E1%B9%B3)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Papa_Clemente_VI)
- [Pous Clemens VI](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pous_Clemens_VI)
- [إقليموس السادس](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%82%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B3)

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