Pope benedict xii biography samples
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April 24 – Pope Benedict XII
(Jacques Fournier)
Third of the Avignon popes, b. at Saverdun in the province of Toulouse, France, elected 20 månad, 1334; d. at Avignon 24 April, 1342. ingenting is known of his parentage or boyhood. In youth he became a Cistercian monk in the monastery of Boulbonne, whence he moved to that of Fontfroide, whose abbot was his natural uncle, Arnold Novelli, by whose name Fournier was also known. He studied at the University of Paris, where he received the doctorate in theology. Meantime he was made Abbot of Fontfroide, succeeding his uncle who was created cardinal 19 December, 1310. In månad 1317, he became Bishop of his native Diocese of Palmiers, was translated to Mirepoix 26 January, 1327, and was made cardinal bygd Pope John XXII, 18 December, 1327. On the latter’s death, 4 månad, 1334, the cardinals in conclave, most of whom opposed a return to Rome, demanded of huvudregel de Comminges whose election seemed assured, the promise to re
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Introduction: Benedict XII, the Guardian of Orthodoxy
Bueno, Irene. "Introduction: Benedict XII, the Guardian of Orthodoxy". Pope Benedict XII (1334-1342): The Guardian of Orthodoxy, edited by Irene Bueno, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2018, pp. 13-26. https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048538140-003
Bueno, I. (2018). Introduction: Benedict XII, the Guardian of Orthodoxy. In I. Bueno (Ed.), Pope Benedict XII (1334-1342): The Guardian of Orthodoxy (pp. 13-26). Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048538140-003
Bueno, I. 2018. Introduction: Benedict XII, the Guardian of Orthodoxy. In: Bueno, I. ed. Pope Benedict XII (1334-1342): The Guardian of Orthodoxy. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, pp. 13-26. https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048538140-003
Bueno, Irene. "Introduction: Benedict XII, the Guardian of Orthodoxy" In Pope Benedict XII (1334-1342): The Guardian of Orthodoxy edited by Irene Bueno, 13-26. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press,
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Pope Benedict XII
Head of the Catholic Church from 1334 to 1342
Pope Benedict XII (Latin: Benedictus XII, French: Benoît XII; 1285 – 25 April 1342), born Jacques Fournier, was a cardinal and inquisitor, later head of the Catholic Church from 30 December 1334 to his death, in April 1342. He was the third Avignon pope and reformed monastic orders and opposed nepotism. Unable to remove his capital to Rome or Bologna, Benedict started the great palace at Avignon. He settled the beatific vision controversy of Pope John XXII[a] with the bull Benedictus Deus, which stated that souls may attain the "fullness of the beatific vision" before the Last Judgment. Despite many diplomatic attempts with Emperor Louis IV to resolve their differences, Benedict failed to bring the Holy Roman Empire back under papal dominance. He died 25 April 1342 and was buried in Avignon.
Early life
[edit]Jacques Fournier was born in Saverdun in the County of Foix around 1285. He joined t