Pope Innocent VI was born with the given name of Étienne Aubert in the year 1282 A.D., and died in 1362 A.D. He began his reign as Pope in the year 1352 A.D. and ended his reign in the year 1362 A.D., during the Late Middle Ages. Innocent VI was from France, and his papal number is: 199 out of 267 officially recognized Roman Catholic Popes.
Summary: Avignon pope of reforming intention and renewed papal sobriety.
Biography:Innocent VI sought to curb excess in the Avignon court and restore a more disciplined tone to papal government. His pontificate represented a corrective to some of the opulence associated with previous reigns.
He worked to reassert papal authority in the Papal States through capable legates such as Cardinal Albornoz and remained deeply involved in European diplomacy. Under him the papacy’s temporal concerns in Italy again moved toward the center.
Innocent VI is remembered as a pope of reforming moderation and practical recovery.
