Pope Clement

There have been fourteen popes named Clement.

  • Pope Clement I saint, (88–98)
  • Pope Clement II (1046–1047)
  • Pope Clement III (1187–1191)
  • Pope Clement IV (1265–1268)
  • Pope Clement V (1305–1314) — memorable for suppressing the Knights Templar, and moving papacy to Avignon
  • Pope Clement VI (1342–1352) — known for being the Pope during the Black Death
  • Pope Clement VII (1523–1534) — refused to annul the marriage of Henry VIII, thus prompting the English Reformation
  • Pope Clement VIII (1592–1605)
  • Pope Clement IX (1667–1669)
  • Pope Clement X (1670–1676)
  • Pope Clement XI (1700–1721)
  • Pope Clement XII (1730–1740)
  • Pope Clement XIII (1758–1769)
  • Pope Clement XIV (1769–1774)

There have also been two antipopes named Clement.

  • Antipope Clement III (1080–1085)
  • Antipope Clement VII (1378–1394) First Avignon Pope

Famous quotes containing the words pope and/or clement:

    “I find myself ... hoping a total end of all the unhappy divisions of mankind by party-spirit, which at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few.”
    —Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

    “Clinging close with the crush of the Python,
    When she maketh her murderous meal!”
    —Arthur Clement Hilton (1851–1877)