POPE CLEMENT VI, DEFENDER OF AUTHORITY

by | Sep 20, 2023 | Popes

Ceiling Palace of the Popes, Avignon Born as Pierre Roger (Rogers, Rosiers) Pope Clement was the fourth pope at Avignon. Before that he was born about 1291 at Chateau de Maumont, in Limousin, half-way between Paris and the Pyranees. His father was the lord of...

POPE CLEMENT V AND THE DEMISE OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR

by | Sep 5, 2023 | Popes

Knights Templar Bertrand de Got was born in Aquitaine, now in France, but then in the Holy Roman Empire. At first, being from a wealthy family, he entertained himself with studying the arts in Toulouse and enjoying wine making. Later he studied canon and civil law at...