Clement VII (Avignon antipope)

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Clement VII (Avignon antipope) was a 14th-century French cardinal who became the first major Avignon claimant to the papacy during the Western Schism, opposing the Roman popes and deepening the split within the Catholic Church.

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Label Occurrences
Antipope of Avignon 1
Clement VII (Avignon antipope) canonical 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic cardinal
French noble
antipope
historical figure
birthName Robert of Geneva NERFINISHED
burialPlace Avignon Cathedral NERFINISHED
cardinalateStart 1371
causeOf deepening of the Western Schism
conflict Western Schism NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France NERFINISHED
createdCardinalBy Pope Gregory XI NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1342
dateOfDeath 1394-09-16
electedBy French cardinals
electionDate 1378-09-20
endTime 1394-09-16
familyName of Geneva
father Amadeus III, Count of Geneva NERFINISHED
givenName Robert
languageSpoken French
Latin
nobleFamily House of Geneva NERFINISHED
notableEvent massacre at Cesena in 1377
opposedBy Boniface IX NERFINISHED
Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED
Kingdom of England NERFINISHED
Urban VI NERFINISHED
papacyLocation Avignon NERFINISHED
papalName Clement VII NERFINISHED
partOf Western Schism NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Geneva NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Avignon NERFINISHED
positionHeld Archbishop of Cambrai NERFINISHED
Avignon antipope NERFINISHED
Bishop of Thérouanne
Cardinal
predecessor none (first major Avignon claimant in Western Schism)
reignEnd 1394
reignStart 1378
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
residence Palace of the Popes, Avignon NERFINISHED
roleInEvent papal legate commanding troops at Cesena
startTime 1378-09-20
successor Benedict XIII (Avignon antipope) NERFINISHED
supportedBy Crown of Aragon NERFINISHED
Duchy of Savoy NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Castile NERFINISHED
Kingdom of France NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Naples NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Scotland NERFINISHED

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Pope Benedict XIII predecessor Clement VII (Avignon antipope)
Clement VII positionHeld Clement VII (Avignon antipope)
this entity surface form: Antipope of Avignon