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Pope Clement V
head of the Catholic Church
Years: 1264 - 1314
Pope Clement V, born Raymond Bertrand de Got (also occasionally spelled de Guoth and de Goth) (c. 1264 – 20 April 1314) is Pope from 1305 to his death.
He is memorable in history for suppressing the order of the Knights Templar and executing some of its members, and as the Pope who moves the Curia from Rome to Avignon, ushering in the period known as the Avignon Papacy.
