Pope Gregory XI
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1370 to 1378
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Ran the Catholic Church from a French palace for most of his reign, then suddenly moved the whole operation back to Rome in 1377. His death immediately triggered a papal civil war that lasted decades.
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Pope Gregory XI was head of the Catholic Church from 30 December 1370 to his death, in March 1378. He was the seventh and last Avignon pope and the most recent French pope. In 1377, Gregory XI returned the papal court to Rome, ending nearly 70 years of papal residency in Avignon, in modern-day France. His death was swiftly followed by the Western Schism involving two Avignon-based antipopes.
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