Pope Gregory XI

Pope Gregory XI
Bishop of Rome
Gregory XI entering the Palace of the Popes, Avignon
Church	Catholic Church
Papacy began	30 December 1370
Papacy ended	27 March 1378
Predecessor	Urban V
Successor	Urban VI
Orders
Ordination	2 January 1371
Consecration	3 January 1371 by Guy of Boulogne
Created cardinal	29 May 1348 by Clement VI
Personal details
Born	Pierre Roger de Beaufort c. 1329 Maumont, Limousin, Kingdom of France
Died	27 March 1378(1378-03-27) (aged 48–49) Rome, Papal States
Coat of arms
Other popes named Gregory

Papal styles of Pope Gregory XI
Reference style	His Holiness
Spoken style	Your Holiness
Religious style	Holy Father
Posthumous style	None

Pope Gregory XI (Latin: Gregorius XI, born Pierre Roger de Beaufort; c. 1329 – 27 March 1378) was head of the Catholic Church from 30 December 1370 to his death, in March 1378. He was the seventh and last Avignon pope^[1] and the most recent French pope recognized by the modern Catholic Church. In 1377, Gregory XI returned the Papal court to Rome, ending nearly 70 years of papal residency in Avignon, in modern-day France. His death was swiftly followed by the Western Schism involving two Avignon-based antipopes.