Pope Clement VI (Latin: Clemens VI; 1291 – 6 December 1352), born Pierre Roger,[1] was Pope of the Catholic Church from 7 May 1342 to his death in 1352. He was the fourth Avignon pope.
Clement reigned during the Black Death (1348–1350), during which he said all who died of the plague would not go to hell.
Notes
- ↑ George L. Williams, Papal Genealogy: The Families and Descendants of the Popes, (McFarland & Company Inc., 1998), 43.