What was the name of the Pope before Innocent VI was appointed?
Clement VI
Boniface VIII
Gregory XI
Urban V
Answer
The predecessor of Pope Innocent VI was Pope Clement VI, who held the papacy from 1342 until his death in 1352. Clement VI, born Pierre Roger, ascended to the papal throne during a tumultuous period marked by the Avignon Papacy and the Hundred Years' War.
Pope Innocent VI: The Pontiff of the 14th Century
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