Back بابوية أفينيون Arabic بابوية افينيون ARZ Avinyon əsarəti Azerbaijani Авіньёнскае паланенне Папаў Byelorussian Авиньонско папство Bulgarian Papat d'Avinyó Catalan Avignonské papežství Czech Pabaeth Avignon Welsh Avignon-pavedømmet Danish Avignonesisches Papsttum German
The Avignon Papacy refers to the 70 years when the popes lived in Avignon instead of living in Rome.[1] Philip IV of France had forced a papal conclave to elect a French pope, who decided he did not want to live in Rome.
- ↑ "Avignon," Catholic Encyclopedia; retrieved 2012-3-15.