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| | Pope Innocent VI - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) |
 | | Innocent VI, né Stephen Aubert (1282 – September 12, 1362), pope at Avignon from 1352 to 1362, the successor of Clement VI, was a native of the diocese of Limoges, and, after having taught civil law at Toulouse, became bishop successively of Noyon and of Clermont. |
 | | On the death of Clement VI, after the cardinals had each bound themselves to a particular line of policy should he be elected, Aubert was chosen (December 18, 1352); one of the first acts of his pontificate was to declare the pact to have been illegal and null. |
 | | Innocent was a liberal patron of letters, and, if the extreme severity of his measures against the Fraticelli are ignored, he retains a high reputation for justice and mercy. |
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