Benedict XII

Japanese: ベネディクトゥス[12世]（英語表記）Benedictus XII

?-1342
Pope. Reigned 1334-42. Born into a poor family in the Languedoc region of southern France, he entered the Cistercian monastery of Bourbonne as a young man, and later moved to the Abbey of Fontfloeade. He studied theology in Paris, and served as abbot in 1311, bishop of Pamiers in 1317, and of Mirepoix in 1326. He became a cardinal in 1327, and the third Pope of Avignon in 1334. He worked to reform the church and monasteries, and encouraged scholarship, and many of his policies were later adopted by the Council of Trent, but he was politically compromising and achieved little.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

？‐1342
ローマ教皇。在位1334‐42年。南フランス，ラングドック地方の貧しい家に生まれ，青年時代シトー派修道院ブルボンヌに入り，後フォンフロアド修道院に移る。パリで神学を学び，1311年修道院長，17年パミエの，26年ミルポアの司教を務め，27年枢機卿，34年第3代のアビニョン教皇となる。教会，修道院の改革に努め，学問を奨励し，その政策は後のトリエント公会議に多く採用されたが，政治的には妥協的で成果が少なかった。

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