| Pope Gregory XI  AKA Pierre Roger de Beaufort
Born: 1329
Birthplace: Limousin, France
Died: 26-Mar-1378
Location of death: Rome, Italy
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Religion Nationality: France
Executive summary: Roman Catholic Pope, 1370-78 Gregory XI, born Pierre Roger de Beaufort, Roman Catholic Pope from the 30th of December 1370 to the 27th of March 1378, born in Limousin in 1330, created cardinal-deacon of Sta. Maria Nuova by his uncle, Pope Clement VI, was the successor of Urban V. His efforts to establish peace between France and England and to aid the Eastern Christians against the Turks were fruitless, but he prevented the Visconti of Milan from making further encroachments on the States of the Church. He introduced many reforms in the various monastic orders and took vigorous measures against the heresies of the time. His energy was stimulated by the stirring words of Catherine of Siena, to whom in particular the transference of the papal see back to Italy (17th of January 1377) was almost entirely due. Whilst at Rome he issued several bulls to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the King of England, and the University of Oxford, commanding an investigation of John Wycliffe's doctrines. Gregory was meditating a return to Avignon when he died. He was the last of the French popes who for some seventy years had made Avignon their see, a man learned and full of zeal for the church, but irresolute and guilty of nepotism. The great schism, which was to endure fifty years, broke out soon after the election of his successor, Urban VI.
Roman Catholic Pope 30-Dec-1370 to 27-Mar-1378
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