Between 1414 - 1418 by Council of Constance.
Avignon, France
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.
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.
The Pope's move and the establishment of a rival pope divided the Church's supporters.
The Pope's move and the establishment of a rival pope divided the Church's supporters.
Western Schism
The Western Church has always been based in Rome for two thousand years, aside from the Avignon disaster when legitimate popes lived in Avignon in France from 1309 to 1377. All of those popes were French, and this contributed greatly to the Western Schism, and later to the protestant revolt. There were antipopes in Avignon from 1379 to 1411.
The fortunes of medieval Rome rested on being the seat of the papacy. From 1309 to1377 seven popes resided in Avignon in France, instead of Rome (the Avignon Papacy). With the absence of the popes, the population of Rome decreased and the city was neglected. When the popes returned to Rome they undertook ambitious programmes of reconstruction and urban regeneration.
the avigon papcy refers to a period in history of the roman catholic church from 1309-1378
Pope Clement V had a profound effect on the Catholic Church that was to last for centuries. Pope Clement V is the first of the Avignon popes-the first pope who set up resident in Avignon, France, and never set foot in Rome. The long term effect of the Avignon papacy was to weaken the influence of the Catholic Church and hasten that decline that resulted in the protestant revolt two centuries later.
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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.