Pope Clement VI

Pope Clement VI
Bishop of Rome
Portrait by Henri Serrur
Church	Catholic Church
Papacy began	7 May 1342
Papacy ended	6 December 1352
Predecessor	Benedict XII
Successor	Innocent VI
Orders
Consecration	1329
Created cardinal	18 December 1338 by Benedict XII
Personal details
Born	Pierre Roger 1291 Maumont, Rosiers-d'Égletons, Limousin, Kingdom of France
Died	6 December 1352(1352-12-06) (aged 60–61) Avignon, Papal States
Coat of arms
Other popes named Clement

Papal styles of Pope Clement VI
Reference style	His Holiness
Spoken style	Your Holiness
Religious style	Holy Father
Posthumous style	None

Pope Clement VI (Latin: Clemens VI; 1291 – 6 December 1352), born Pierre Roger,^[1] was head of the Catholic Church from 7 May 1342 to his death, in December 1352. He was the fourth Avignon pope. Clement reigned during the first visitation of the Black Death (1348–1350), during which he granted remission of sins to all who died of the plague.

Roger steadfastly resisted temporal encroachments on the Church's ecclesiastical jurisdiction, and, as pope Clement VI, entrenched French dominance of the Church and opened its coffers to enhance the regal splendour of the Papacy. He recruited composers and music theorists for his court, including figures associated with the then-innovative Ars Nova style of France and the Low Countries.