Pope Gregorio XI

1329 - 1378  (49 years)    Has 4 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Gregorio XI
  Prefix	Pope
  Born	1329	Maumont
  Gender	Male
  Died	27 Mar 1378	Roma, Latium, Italia
  Person ID	I665115	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2009

  
  

  Father	Guillaume Rogier de Beaufort, II,   b. Abt 1310,   d. Bef 24 Jul 1383  (Age ~ 73 years)
  Mother	Marie de Chambon,   b. Abt 1310,   d. 1343  (Age ~ 33 years)
  Siblings	5 siblings
  1. Marthe Rogier de Beaufort,   d. Aft 1438   2. Nicolas Rogier de Beaufort,   b. Abt 1370,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Marie Rogier de Beaufort,   b. Abt 1330,   d. Aft 29 Aug 1379  (Age ~ 49 years)   4. Marguerite Rogier de Beaufort,   b. Abt 1330,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Comte Guillaume Rogier de Beaufort, III,   d. 28 Mar 1396
  Family ID	F180614	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Died - 27 Mar 1378 - Roma, Latium, Italia  = Link to Google Earth
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  During his pontificate vigorous measures were taken against the heresies which had broken out in Germany , England , and other parts of Europe ; a sincere effort was also made to bring about a reformation in the various monastic orders . The nineteen propositions of John Wycliffe (c. 1320-84) and the thirteen articles of the Sachsenspiegel were formally condemned by Pope Gregory XI in 1377. His return to Rome on January 17, 1377, is attributed in part to the stirring words of Catherine of Siena . This had been attempted by Gregory's predecessor, Urban V, without success. The project was delayed by a conflict between the pope and Florence, known as "the War of the Eight Saints " for the "Eight for War," the Florentine magistrates responsible for the conduct of the war. The pope put Florence under interdict for a time. Gregory XI did not long survive this removal, dying on March 27, 1378. After his death the College of Cardinals was pressured by a Roman mob, which broke into the voting chamber, to vote an Italian Pope into the papacy. This Italian Pope was Urban VI . Soon after being elected, Urban gained the Cardinals' enmity. With the encouragement of the French king, the cardinals returned to Avignon and in 1378 elected a French pope, Clement VII . Subsequently, the Western Schism created by the selection of a rival pope forced the people of Europe into a dilemma of papal allegiance. This schism was not fully resolved until the Council of Constance (1414-1418). The council boldly deposed the current popes and elected Martin V as their successor. The chaos of the Western Schism thus brought about reforming councils and gave them the power over who was elected, replacing (for a time) the College of Cardinals.