Sixteen popes have had French ancestry, all in the second half of the medieval era. The seven popes of the Avignon papacy were French (numbers 10-16 below in bold). French is the most common non-Italian papal ancestry. Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Wycliffe Tyndale · Luther · Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box: The Pope (from Latin... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times. ... The Papal palace in Avignon In the history of the Roman Catholic Church, the Avignon Papacy was the period from 1309 to 1377 during which seven popes, all French, resided in Avignon: Pope Clement V: 1305–1314 Pope John XXII: 1316–1334 Pope Benedict XII: 1334–1342 Pope Clement VI...
Pope Vigilius, involved in the death of Silverius, conspired with Justinian (527-565) and Theodora, and was excommunicated by North African bishops in 550.
"Pope Gregory the Great" Born to a wealthy, patrician background in Rome; irascible, greedy, unscrupulous; he gathered wealth and power to the Church; he was hostile to culture and learning; and burned the only collection of books which remained in Rome from pagan days and had the marble statues which remained broken.
The last pope of the Great Schism; of the Colonna family; he was among the most debased despots to sit on the throne.
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