SSC
WORLD HISTORY
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Paris
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Avignon
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Schism
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Distressed by factionalism in Rome and pressed to come to France by Philip IV, Pope Clement V moved the papal capital to Avignon, which at that time belonged to vassals of the pope. In 1348 it became direct papal property.
Detailed explanation-2: -Clement V, original name Bertrand De Got, (born c. 1260, Bordelais region, France-died April 20, 1314, Roquemaure, Provence), pope from 1305 to 1314 who in choosing Avignon, France, for the papal residence-where it flourished until 1377-became the first of the Avignonese popes.
Detailed explanation-3: -Clement died on 20 April 1314. According to one account, while his body was lying in state, a thunderstorm arose during the night and lightning struck the church where his body lay, setting it on fire. The fire was so intense that by the time it was extinguished, the Pope’s body had been all but destroyed.