pontificate of Innocent VI

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The pontificate of Innocent VI was a mid-14th-century papal reign during the Avignon Papacy marked by efforts at church reform, consolidation of papal authority, and political involvement in European affairs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period
papal reign
appliesToJurisdiction Christendom
surface form: Western Christendom
appliesToPerson pontificate of Innocent VI self-linksurface differs
surface form: Pope Innocent VI
chronologyWithinAvignonPapacy third Avignon pope after Clement VI and Benedict XII
country Papal States NERFINISHED
endCause death of Pope Innocent VI
endTime 1362
followedBy Pontificate of Urban V
follows pontificate of Clement VI
surface form: Pontificate of Clement VI
hasCanonicalStatus recognized papal reign
hasImpact preparation for later reforms under Urban V and Gregory XI
strengthening of papal legal and administrative structures
hasLanguage Latin
hasMainSeat Palais des Papes
surface form: Palace of the Popes, Avignon
hasMonarch pontificate of Innocent VI self-linksurface differs
surface form: Pope Innocent VI
hasPositionHolder Étienne Aubert NERFINISHED
hasTheme assertion of papal supremacy over secular rulers
management of the Curia
reform of church discipline
response to political instability in Europe
hasTypeOfActivity administrative centralization
church reform
consolidation of papal authority
diplomatic intervention in European politics
locatedIn Avignon
partOf Avignon Papacy
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
significantEvent attempts to restore papal finances
continuation of the Avignon residence of the papacy
efforts to reform the clergy
efforts to strengthen papal judicial authority
intervention in the Kingdom of France
involvement in Italian political affairs
negotiations related to the Hundred Years' War
startCause Papal election of 1352
startTime 1352
temporalLocation 14th century
mid-14th century

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this entity surface form: Pope Innocent VI
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