Avignon
Avignon, a city in southeastern France's Provence region, is set on the Rhône River. From 1309 to 1377, it was the seat of the Catholic popes. It remained under papal rule until becoming part of France in 1791. This legacy can be seen in the massive Palais des Papes (Popes' Palace) in the city center, which is surrounded by medieval stone ramparts.
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François de Joyeuse
Angel de Grimoard
Pope Urban V's brother
Agricola of Avignon
Saint
Lina Bill
Artist
Yvon Taillandier
French artist
Hugh I, Count of Blois
Francesco Laurana
Sculptor
Bernard Jarre
Emma Chadwick
Swedish painter
Antipope Clement VII
Author
Pope Benedict XII
Alain Chartier
French poet
Yann Le Masson
Film director
Maurice Le Roux
French composer
Claude Firmin
Artist
Andouin Aubert
Antoine Louis Roussin
Artist
Etienne de Poissy
Georges d'Armagnac
French diplomat
Guillaume de Chanac
Meister Eckhart
German theologian
Dorothea von RoddeSchlözer
German scholar
François Guillaume de Castelnau‑
French diplomat
Giacomo Colonna
Cardinal
Giles of Rome
Philosopher
Gilles Aycelin de Montaigu
Former Lord Chancellor of France
Jean Brunet
French poet
Jean de La Grange
Juan Fernández de Heredia
Spanish translator
Jules Flour
Painter
Marcel Légaut
French philosopher
Matteo Orsini
Italian cardinal
Nicolò Albertini
Paul Giéra
French poet
Paul Saïn
French painter
Bérenger Fredoli
French lawyer
Berenguer Fredol
Dean of the College of Cardinals
Bernard Vargaftig
French poet
Giovanni Boccamazza
Guillaume Pierre Godin
French theologian
Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord
French diplomat
Bertrand de Déaulx
Jean-Marie Bon
Actor
Napoleone Orsini Frangipani
Cardinal
Pierre d'Ailly
French theologian
Pierre de La Forest
Pierre de Foix, le vieux
Isabella, Countess of Foix's son
