Avignon, Comtat-Venaissin Bulle 14th century CLÉMENT VI (Pierre Roger de Beaufort) ? VF

Obverse: Head of Saint Peter, X SIGILLVMX DOMINIX PAPEX.
Reverse: Two crossed keys. [+ :IN C] OMITATV VENAIS[INI] ?

The Comtat Venaissin was papal territory in Provence from 1274 until 1791. From 1294 until 1791 it was governed by a Rector appointed directly by the pope, usually a prelate, an archbishop or a bishop. Avignon itself was governed separately by a cardinal legate or a vice legate. The fourteenth century was the high point of the territory, because between 1305 and 1377 seven popes resided at Avignon. The town of Avignon did not originally belong to the Comtat and was added to it in the middle of the fourteenth century by pope Clement VI. The legend IN COMITATV VENAISINI places this seal within that administration.

On the attribution. Clement VI was named Pierre Roger and was pope from 1342 until 1352. His nephew Gregory XI was named Pierre Roger de Beaufort and was pope from 1370 until 1378. The name in the title therefore belongs to two different popes. The seal itself names no person. The obverse carries the general formula SIGILLVM DOMINI PAPE, and it is the reverse with IN COMITATV VENAISINI that places the piece: with the papal administration of the Comtat Venaissin. That administration continued under successive popes, with a Rector appointed by the pope himself each time. A seal of this type can therefore belong to more than one pontificate.

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