Pope John XXII (Person) AKA Jacques Duèze, d'Euse
Pope John XXII
1244 AD - 1334 AD
AKA Jacques Duèze, d'Euse
Pope of Catholic church 1316- 1334
Second and longest-reigning Avignon Pope: Like his predecessor, Clement V, Pope John centralized power and income in the Papacy and lived a princely life in Avignon
He faced controversy in theology involving his views on the Beatific Vision, and he opposed the Franciscan understanding of the poverty of Christ and his apostles, famously leading William of Ockham to write against unlimited papal power.
He canonized St. Thomas Aquinas.
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