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5 unusual facts about Pope John XXII


Battle of Mühldorf

Though Louis had prevailed, his royal title remained contested, especially by Pope John XXII and Frederick's brother Leopold, who remained a fierce opponent.

Karl von Trier

The split within the Order was averted by Pope John XXII who condemned the dissent of the Prussian komturs and ordered them to call a new capitulum.

Order of Montesa

King James II persuaded Pope John XXII to permit him to regroup the Templar properties in Aragon and Valencia, and to create a new military order not essentially differing from that of the Templars, which should be charged with the defence of the frontier against the Moors and the pirates.

Pope John XXII

Maurice Druon, The Royal Succession (a series of historical novels "The Accursed Kings"), 1957

Supreme Order of Christ

While the Bull in itself does not explicitly grant to the Pope the right to issue the Order, successive popes since Pope John XXII have done so.


Gauscelin de Jean

He was born at Cahors in the family related (by the marriage alliance) to the family of Pope John XXII.

Haltemprice Priory

In 1320 Pope John XXII licenced Thomas Wake, of Liddell in Cumberland (who inherited the manor of Cottingham in 1300), to found an Augustinian monastery in Cottingham incorporating the church there.


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Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

It states that Pope John XXII had a vision of Our Lady granting that through her special intercession, Mary will come down to personally deliver the souls of Carmelites and Confraternity members out of Purgatory on the first Saturday after their death ("Sabbatine" means Saturday), as long as they fulfill certain conditions including wearing the brown scapular.