CLEMENT V. Pope, the first who made a public sale of indulgences. He transplanted the holy see to Avignon in France, greatly contributed to the suppression of the knights templars, and was author of a compilation of the decrees of the general councils of Vienna, styled Clementines. He died in 1314.
CLEMENT V
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