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Gregory XI began his papacy in Avignon, then attempted to return the See to Rome. He was so disgusted with the conditions there, however, that he would have returned to Avignon had he not died. The next pope (Urban VI) was an Italian who set up residence in Rome, only to face a new schism.

 
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