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Exile of Clement V
1st Pope of the "Babylonian Captivity," the "Avignon Exile"
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Avignon in France. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
1st Pope of the "Babylonian Captivity," the "Avignon Exile"
Moves the papal Curia from Rome to Avignon to please Philip IV
Benedict calls off the Crusades because of the war between England & France
Goes into exile in Avignon
Under the Treaty of Paris France keeps control over Papal Avignon and Salm
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