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Pope John XXII

c. 1244–1334 · 14th century · Also known as Jacques Duèze

Pope John XXII, born Jacques Duèze in Cahors, was pope from 1316 to 1334, the second of the Avignon popes. He centralised papal finances and administration, fought a long conflict with the emperor Louis IV and condemned the Franciscan doctrine of absolute poverty. The Scottish barons addressed the Declaration of Arbroath to him in 1320, and he recognised Robert I as king in 1324.

Pope John XXII
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