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Events on Friday 5 June 1305 1
1305Election of Pope Clement VBertrand de Got elected pope, beginning the Avignon papacy eraBertrand de Got, Archbishop of Bordeaux, was elected pope as Clement V by the conclave meeting in Perugia on 5 June 1305. A Frenchman closely tied to King Philip IV, his election set the stage for the papacy's eventual move to Avignon. He was crowned later that year at Lyon.