Pope Benedict XII
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| Gender | Male |
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| Born | Saverdun |
| France | |
| Date of died | April 25,1342 |
| Died | Avignon |
| France | |
| Place of burial | Avignon Cathedral, Avignon, France |
| Predecessor | Pope John XXII |
| Papacy began | 30 December 1334 |
| Education | University of Paris |
| Books | Pope Benedict XII (1334-1342): The Guardian of Orthodoxy |
| Defining Heresy: Inquisition, Theology, and Papal Policy in the Time of Jacques Fournier | |
| Montaillou, Cathars and Catholics in a French village, 1294-1324 | |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1354576 |
Pope Benedict XII Life story
Pope Benedict XII, born Jacques Fornier, was Pope from 30 December 1334 to his death in April 1342. He was the third Avignon Pope. Benedict was a careful pope who reformed monastic orders and opposed nepotism. Unable to remove his capital to Rome or Bologna, he started the great palace at Avignon.
