Pope Innocent VI

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Clement VI
Personal details
Born
Étienne Aubert

1282
Les Monts, Kingdom of France
Died12 September 1362(1362-09-12) (aged 79–80)
Avignon, Papal States
Coat of armsInnocent VI's coat of arms
Other popes named Innocent
Papal styles of
Pope Innocent VI
His Holiness
Spoken styleYour Holiness
Religious styleHoly Father
Posthumous styleNone

Pope Innocent VI (

Avignon pope
and the only one with the pontifical name of "Innocent".

Étienne Aubert, born in the Diocese of Limoges, was a civil law professor and held various positions in the church before being appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia and Velletri by Pope Clement VI. He became Pope Innocent VI on 30 December 1352. As pope, he revoked an agreement asserting the college of cardinals' superiority over the pope and introduced important reforms in church administration. Through his legate, Cardinal Albornoz, he aimed to restore order in Rome.

Innocent VI played a significant role in the 1360 Treaty of Brétigny between France and England. Though he declined an offer to unite the Greek Orthodox Church with the Roman See in exchange for support, his papacy was marked by financial challenges due to wars in Italy and the aftermath of a plague. To address these challenges, he reduced the chapel staff and sold works of art.

Innocent VI was a patron of letters and is generally considered just and merciful, although criticized by some, such as

St. Bridget of Sweden, for his actions against the Fraticelli. He died on 12 September 1362 and was succeeded by Urban V. His tomb is located in the Chartreuse du Val de Bénédiction in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon
.

Early life

Étienne, born during the late 1280s,

Cardinal Priest of SS. John and Paul.[2] In September 1347, Etienne, assigned by Pope Clement VI, accompanied Cardinal Annibaldo as part of a peace envoy which resulted in the Truce of Calais.[4]

Etienne was made cardinal-bishop of

Ostia and Velletri on 13 February 1352, by Pope Clement VI, whom he succeeded.[5]

His papacy

Etienne was crowned pope on 30 December 1352 by Cardinal Gaillard de la Mothe after the

Rienzi, he sought to restore order in Rome. In 1355, Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, was crowned in Rome with Innocent's permission, after having made an oath that he would quit the city on the day of the ceremony.[2]
It was largely through the exertions of Innocent VI that the
John VI Cantacuzenus
. The resources at the disposal of the Pope, however, were all required for exigencies nearer home, and the offer was declined.

Most of the wealth accumulated by

Clement VI
. Innocent VI economised by cutting the chapel staff (capellani capelle) from twelve to eight. Works of art were sold rather than commissioned. His pontificate was dominated by the war in Italy and by Avignon's recovery from the plague, both of which made draining demands on his treasury. By 1357, he was complaining of poverty.

Innocent VI was a liberal patron of letters. If the extreme severity of his measures against the

Carthusian monastery in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon
.

See also

References

  1. ^ Rollo-Koster 2015, p. 86.
  2. ^ a b c Coulombe 2003, p. 298.
  3. ^
    ISBN 9780520233966
    .
  4. ^ Rollo-Koster 2015, p. 81.
  5. ^ Conrad Eubel, Hierarchia catholica Tomus I, editio altera (Monasterii 1913), p. 36; p. 18.
  6. ^
    ISBN 9780060878078
    .

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Cardinal-bishop of Ostia

1353–1361 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Clement VI
 Pope
1352 – 1362 		Succeeded by
Urban V
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