POPE GREGORY XI

EARLY LIFE

• Born in France, 1331
• Nephew of Pope Clement VI
• Pierre Roger de Beaufort
• University of Perugia

TIMELINE OF PAPACY (1370-1378)
*Cardinal 5/29/1348
*Elected 12/30/1370
*Ordination 1/2/1371
*Consecration 1/3/1371
*Succeeded Pope Urban at conclave of 1370

MISSIONS AS POPE
*Caused the Great Schism
*1375: defeated Florence against the Papal States in Hundred Years War
*Encouraged to move Papacy back to Rome by Saint Catherine
*Excommunicated Florence
*1376 made peace with Florence

SIGNIFICANCE
*7th and last Avignon Pope
*Pope until his death on 3/27/1378
*Died in Rome
*Importance: moving the Papacy back to Rome