Clement V (1264-1314) reigned as pope from 1305 to 1314. He was the first pope of the "Babylonian Captivity," when the papacy was located in Avignon, France. Bertrand de Got, who became Pope Clement V, was a nobleman and a native of Gascony, France. He...

(r. 1305–14). Pope. After the death of Boniface VIII in 1303, his successor, Benedict XI (r. 1303–04), sought a compromise with Philip IV the Fair of France while condemning Guillaume de Nogaret’s actions at Anagni. When Benedict...

Pope Clement V (1264 – April 20, 1314), born Bertrand de Goth (also occasionally spelled Gouth and Got), was Pope from 1305 to his death. He is memorable in history for suppressing the order of the Templars, and as the Pope who moved the Roman...

Sheiks, libraries and collectors around the world have ordered the Vatican's new $8,400 limited-edition documentation of the heresy trial of the Knights Templar, officials said Thursday.The leather-bound volume, which includes high-quality reprints of the original documents as well as clerical seals, is noteworthy because it...

It's not the Holy Grail, but for fans of "The Da Vinci Code" and its tantalizing story line about the Knights Templar, it could be the next best thing.Ignored for centuries, documents about the heresy trial of the ancient Christian order discovered in the Vatican's...