Avignonאביניון
Provence (France)
Avignon, on the Rhône in Provence, southern France, was known in Roman times as Avennio. From 1309 to 1377 seven successive popes resided here. John XXII began the Palace of the Popes in 1316, and Clement VI bought the city from Queen Joanna I of Naples in 1348. Together with the neighbouring Comtat Venaissin it then remained papal territory until France annexed it in 1791, and this papal enclave treated Jews better than the Kingdom of France did. The Jewish philosopher and astronomer Gersonides lived in Avignon and Orange, and in 1342 Clement VI had part of his astronomical work translated into Latin. The historic centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
2 teachers
Teachers who lived here
Pope John XXII
Pope John XXII (1244–1334)
papacy 1316–1334
Meister Eckhart
Meister Eckhart (1260–1328)
papal appeal; death 1327–1328
Pope Clement V
Pope Clement V (1264–1314)
papacy (seat) 1309–1314
Pope Innocent VI
Pope Innocent VI (1282–1362)
papacy 1352–1362
Pope Benedict XII
Pope Benedict XII (1285–1342)
papacy 1334–1342
William of Ockham
William of Ockham (1287–1347)
papal summons, detention 1324–1328
Ralbag
Levi ben Gershon (Gersonides) (1288–1344)
lived 1325–1344
Pope Clement VI
Pope Clement VI (1291–1352)
papacy 1342–1352
Pope Bl. Urban V
Pope Bl. Urban V (1310–1370)
papacy 1362–1367
Pope Gregory XI
Pope Gregory XI (1329–1378)
papacy 1370–1377
Catherine of Siena
Catherine of Siena (1347–1380)
papal appeal 1376
Pope Julius II
Pope Julius II (1443–1513)
early clerical training 1460–1471
Aimé Pallière
Aimé Pallière (1868–1949)
Pope Adrian IV
Pope Adrian IV (?–1159)