What is Pope Clement VI?
{{Infobox Christian leader |type=Pope |honorific-prefix=Pope |name=Clement VI |title = [[Bishop of Rome]] |image=01 Clément VI (Fresque de la chapelle Saint-Martial du palais des papes).jpg |caption=Fresco by [[Mario Giovanetti]] |birth_name=Pierre Roger |term_start=7 May 1342 |term_end=6 December 1352 |predecessor=[[Pope Benedict XII]] |successor=[[Pope Innocent VI]] |consecration = 1329 |cardinal=18 December 1338 |created_cardinal_by = [[Pope Benedict XII|Benedict XII]] |birth_date=1291 |birth_place= Maumont, [[Rosiers-d'Égletons]], [[Limousin (province)|Limousin]], [[France in the Middle Ages|Kingdom of France]] |death_date={{Death date and age|1352|12|6|1291|df=y}} |death_place=[[Avignon]], [[Papal States]] |other=Clement}} '''Pope Clement VI''' ({{lang-la|Clemens VI}}; 1291 – 6 December 1352), born '''Pierre Roger''',<ref>George L. Williams, ''Papal Genealogy: The Families and Descendants of the Popes'', (McFarland & Company Inc., 1998), 43.</ref> was [[Pope]] of the [[Catholic Church]] from 7 May 1342 to his death in 1352. He was the fourth [[Avignon Papacy|Avignon pope]]. Clement reigned during the [[Black Death]] (1348–1350), during which he said all who died of the plague would not go to [[hell]]. ==Notes== {{reflist}} {{Popes}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Clement 06}} [[Category:French popes]] [[Category:1291 births]] [[Category:1552 deaths]] [[Category:Popes]] {{bio-stub}}