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:

    “by man’s oppression cursed,
    They seek the second not to lose the first.
    Men, some to bus’ness, some to pleasure take;
    But ev’ry woman is at heart a rake:”
    —Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

    “Consciousness is cerebral celebrity—nothing more and nothing less. Those contents are conscious that persevere, that monopolize resources long enough to achieve certain typical and “symptomatic” effects—on memory, on the control of behavior and so forth.”
    —Daniel Clement Dennett (b. 1942)