The road distance from Avignon to Rome is 956 km (594 mi) and the driving time is 8H45. In a straight line the distance is 662 km or 411 miles.
There are 268 miles from Barcelona to Avignon.
Distance in miles: 1243 Distance in kilometers: 2001
The papacy's stay in Avignon lasted from 1309 to 1376. Therefore, the popes were out of Rome for 67 years.
Vatican has always been in Rome. However, the papacy left for about 7 decades. The Avignon Papacy was the period from 1309 to 1377, during which seven successive popes resided in Avignon, France.
There are about 161.6 miles between those two cities.
Historians find there are two successive periods: - from 1309 to 1378, periods when the Pope is installed in Avignon instead of Rome; - from 1378 until 1418 period of the Western Schism, when rival popes competed in both Avignon and Rome.
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In 1309, Pope Clement V moved the Roman Catholic Papacy to Avignon in Provence France. From 1309 until 1377, seven Popes reigned in Avignon before the Schism between the Roman and Avignon churches, which led to the creation of rival popes in both places. After that three Antipopes reigned in Avignon until 1423, when the Papacy finally returned to Rome.
Between 1414 - 1418 by Council of Constance.
The Popes have always lived in Rome, except from 1309 until 1377, when there was a papal claimant living in Avignon, who was thought to be the legitimate pope.
It is sometimes referred to as the "Babylonian Captivity of the Papacy" or the "Avignon Papacy." During this period the papacy was headquartered in Avignon, France.