Bertrand du Pouget (Italian ''Bertrando del Poggetto'') (1280 – 3 February 1352) was a French papal diplomat and

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. Bertrand was born in

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. He may have been a nephew of

Pope John XXII Pope John XXII ( la, Ioannes PP. XXII; 1244 – 4 December 1334), born Jacques Duèze (or d'Euse), was head of the Catholic Church from 7 August 1316 to his death in December 1334. He was the second and longest-reigning Avignon Pope, elected by ...

. As cardinal he was closely involved in dealing with the practical consequences of the migration of the papacy to

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, and also in striving to uphold papal prestige in Italy, for example by artistic commissions in Bologna. He expelled

Galeazzo I Visconti Galeazzo I Visconti (21 January 1277 – 6 August 1328) was lord of Milan from 1322 to 1327. After being chosen Captain of Milan, he defeated two papal armies and was excommunicated by Pope John XXII. Temporarily imprisoned for murder, Galeazzo ret ...

, imperial vicar for Emperor Henry VII, from Piacenza and in 1329 arranged for a public burning of Dante's '' De monarchia''. He was created

cardinal priest of S. Marcello San Marcello al Corso, a church in Rome, Italy, is a titular church whose cardinal-protector normally holds the (intermediary) rank of cardinal-priest. The church, dedicated to Pope Marcellus I (d. AD 309), is located just inset from Via del ...

in 1316, and became bishop of Ostia in 1327. He participated in the conclave of 1334 that elected

Pope Benedict XII Pope Benedict XII ( la, Benedictus XII, french: Benoît XII; 1285 – 25 April 1342), born Jacques Fournier, was head of the Catholic Church from 30 December 1334 to his death in April 1342. He was the third Avignon pope. Benedict was a careful p ...

and the conclave of 1342 that elected Pope Clement VI. He died at Villeneuve-lès-Avignon.

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