24 April 1342 A.D. Benedict XII (Jacques Fournier) Dies—Rome’s 197th; Very Obese; Petrarch Satirizes Him; Lived & Died at Avignon Palace, France
24 April 1342 A.D. Benedict XII (Jacques Fournier) Dies—Rome’s 197 th ; Very Obese; Petrarch Satirizes Him; Lived & Died at Avignon Palace, France; Wanted to Return to Rome; Issued Bull Benedictus Deus (Beatific Vision for Those Going Straight to Heaven with No Unexpiated Guilt); Pushed Inquisition as Far as Ireland; Mohammedan Invasion of Spain, 1339 Peterson, John Bertram. "Pope Benedict XII." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 2. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02430a.htm . Accessed 19 Sept 2014. Pope Benedict XII (JACQUES FOURNIER) Third of the Avignon popes , b. at Saverdun in the province of Toulouse , France , elected 20 December, 1334; d. at Avignon 24 April, 1342. Nothing is known of his parentage or boyhood. In youth he became a ...