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Events on Friday 7 August 1316 1
1316John XXII elected popeConclave at Lyon ends a two-year papal vacancyAfter more than two years of deadlock following the death of Pope Clement V, the cardinals elected Jacques Dueze, who took the name John XXII. He was crowned at Lyon on 5 September 1316 and would go on to establish the papal court permanently at Avignon.