Pope John XXII
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1316 to 1334
- Fame62.8
- Momentum3.8
- Religious Figures rank#107
- Fame62.8
- Momentum3.8
- Religious Figures rank#107
- Wikipedia17.7K
FranceThe second Avignon pope, John XXII reigned longer than any other pontiff based outside Rome — and used those eighteen years to centralize papal wealth, denounce Franciscan poverty, and ignite a theological firestorm over when the dead see God.
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Born Jacques Duèze in 1244, he was elected by a conclave in Lyon in August 1316 and settled into the princely court at Avignon. He clashed with Louis IV over imperial authority, which drove Louis to invade Italy and install an antipope; he issued bulls rejecting the Franciscan ideal that Christ and the apostles lived in absolute poverty, pushing William of Ockham to write against unchecked papal power. In July 1323 he canonized Thomas Aquinas after a three-year process. Late in life he preached that souls don't see God until the Last Judgment — a position so divisive he retracted it on his dea…
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