Pope Gregory XI (c.
1336 –
March 27, 1378), born Pierre Roger de Beaufort,
Pope from 1370 to 1378, born in Rosiers-d'Égletons,
Limousin around 1336, succeeded
Pope Urban V (1362–70) in 1370 as one of the
Avignon Popes. During his pontificate vigorous measures were taken against the heresies which had broken out in
Germany,
England, and other parts of
Europe; a sincere effort was also made to bring about a reformation in the various
monastic orders. The nineteen propositions of
John Wycliffe (c. 1320–84) and the thirteen articles of the Sachenspiegel were formally condemned by Pope Gregory XI in 1377.
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