Person1329–1378
Pope Gregory XI
Pierre Roger de Beaufort, a nephew of Pope Clement VI, pope from 1370 to 1378 and the last of the Avignon popes. Fearing the loss of the Papal States in the war with Florence and urged by Catherine of Siena, he left Avignon in September 1376 and entered Rome in January 1377; his death there in March 1378 was followed by the Western Schism.
- Dates
- between 1329 and 1331 – 27 March 1378
- Events
- 1 event
- Regions
- Western and Central Europe
- In the threads
- Western and Central Europe (14th – mid-15th c.)
Events
- Avignon Papacy9 March 1309 – 17 January 1377 · Western and Central Europe