Clement

a name borne by fourteen popes. The following are the more noted. Figures refer to the term of office.

CLEMENT IV (1265-1268), was a protector of Roger Bacon.

CLEMENT V (1305-1314). At the instance of the French monarch, he suppressed the order of the Templars and removed the seat of the papacy to Avignon.

CLEMENT VII (1523-1534), a Medici. Refused to sanction the divorce of Henry VIII from Catharine of Aragon.

CLEMENT XII (1730-1740), was the first pontiff to condemn freemasonry.

CLEMENT XIII (1758-1769), was a warm supporter of the Jesuits against the demands of France, Spain, and Portugal for their suppression.

CLEMENT XIV (1769-1774), was elected by anti-Jesuit influences and carried out the desired policy. Twenty-four thousand Jesuits and their missions all over the world were disbanded by order of Clement in 1773, nor was the order rehabilitated until 1814.