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Clement VII
Sign in to saveAlso known as Robert de Genève, pope Clement VII, Antipope Clement VII
antipope from 1378 to 1394
Key facts
- Elected
- 20 September 1378
- Papacy began
- 20 September 1378?
- Papacy ended
- 16 September 1394
- Predecessor
- Roman claimant: Urban VI Boniface IX Antipapal claimant: Nicholas V
- Successor
- Roman claimant: Boniface IX Antipapal (Avignonian) claimant: Benedict XIII
- Opposed to
- Roman claimants: Urban VI Boniface IX
- Other posts
- Archdeacon of Dorset Archbishop of Cambrai Bishop of Thérouanne
- Created cardinal
- 30 May 1371, by Pope Gregory XI
- Born
- Robert of Geneva , 1342 ( 1342 ) , Chateau d'Annecy , County of Savoy, Holy Roman Empire
- Died
- 16 September 1394 (1394-09-16) (aged 51–52) , Avignon , Papal States
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Château d'Annecy
- Place of death
- Avignon
- Father
- Amadeus III of Geneva
- Occupation
- Catholic priest
- Position held
- antipope
- Educated at
- University of Paris
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Participant in
- 1378 papal conclave
- Noble title
- count
- Image
- Pape avignon clement7.jpg
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- Commons category
- Clemens VII (antipope)
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- date of birth
- 1342-00-00
- date of death
- 1394-09-16
- name in native language
- Clément VII
- different from
- Clement VII
- birth name
- Robert de Genève
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- 2951 Perepadin
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Encyclopedic overview
Robert of Geneva (French: Robert de Genève; 1342 – 16 September 1394) was elected to the papacy as Clement VII (French: Clément VII) by the cardinals who opposed Pope Urban VI and was the first antipope residing in Avignon, France. His election led to the Western Schism.
The son of Amadeus III, Count of Geneva, Robert became Archbishop of Cambrai and was made a cardinal in 1371. As legate, during the War of the Eight Saints, he is said to have authorized the massacre of over 2,000 civilians at Cesena in 1377. He was elected pope the following year by the cardinals who opposed Urban VI and established himself at Avignon.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Clement VII” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.