Innocent VI

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Innocent VI was a 14th-century French pope of the Avignon Papacy, known for his efforts at church reform and attempts to mediate in the Hundred Years' War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
pope
alsoKnownAs Stephen Aubert
Étienne Aubert de Monts
appointedCardinalBy Clement VI
linked to: Pope Clement VI
birthDate c. 1282
birthName Étienne Aubert
birthPlace Kingdom of France
Les Monts, Diocese of Limoges
burialPlace Chartreuse du Val de Bénédiction, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon
centuryOfActivity 14th century
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
deathDate 12 September 1362
deathPlace Avignon
Papal States (Avignon Papacy)
educatedAt University of Toulouse
education canon law
electedPopeBy College of Cardinals
era Hundred Years' War
ethnicGroup French
honorificPrefix Pope
implemented measures to curb simony and corruption
reforms of the papal chancery
restrictions on papal household expenditure
knownFor administrative and financial reforms of the papal court
attempts to mediate in the Hundred Years' War
church reform
efforts to restore papal authority in the Papal States
moderating the extravagance of the Avignon court
support for peace negotiations between France and England
languageOfWorkOrName French
Latin
legalBackground canon lawyer
memberOf College of Cardinals
papacyEndDate 12 September 1362
papacyStartDate 18 December 1352
papalName Innocent VI
partOf Avignon Papacy
patronage Charterhouse of Villeneuve-lès-Avignon
positionHeld Bishop of Clermont
Bishop of Noyon
Cardinal
Cardinal-priest of Saints John and Paul
Papal legate
Pope
predecessor Clement VI
linked to: Pope Clement VI
religion Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
residence Avignon
successor Urban V
supported Cardinal Albornoz's campaigns to restore papal rule in Italy

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Papal election of 1352 electedPope Innocent VI
Innocent VI papalName Innocent VI