Editing Pope Benedict XII (section)

{{Short description|Head of the Catholic Church from 1334 to 1342}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Pope
| honorific-prefix = [[List of popes|Pope]]
| name = Benedict XII
| title = [[Bishop of Rome]]
| image = Français 2810, fol. 134v, Benoît XII et messagers de Chine (cropped 2).jpg
| caption = 
| birth_name = Jacques Fornier
| church = [[Catholic Church]]
| term_start = 30 December 1334
| term_end = 25 April 1342
| predecessor = [[John XXII]]
| successor = [[Clement VI]]
| consecration = 1317
| consecrated_by = [[Niccolò Alberti]]
| cardinal = 18 December 1327
| created_cardinal_by = [[Pope John XXII|John XXII]]
| birth_date = 1285
| birth_place = [[Saverdun]], Kingdom of France
| death_date = 	25 April 1342 (aged 56–57)
| death_place = [[Avignon]], County of Provence
| other = Benedict
| coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Pope Benedict XII.svg
}}

{{Infobox popestyles
|image            = File: Coat of arms of Pope Benedict XII.svg
|dipstyle         = [[His Holiness]]
|offstyle         = Your Holiness
|relstyle         = Holy Father
|deathstyle       = None
}}
'''Pope Benedict XII''' ({{langx|la|Benedictus XII}}, {{langx|it|Benedetto XII}}, {{langx|fr|Benoît XII}}; 1285 – 25 April 1342), born '''Jacques Fournier''', was a cardinal and inquisitor, and later, head of the [[Catholic Church]] from 30 December 1334 to his death, in April 1342. He was the third [[Avignon pope]] and reformed monastic orders and opposed [[nepotism]]. Unable to remove his capital to Rome or Bologna, Benedict started the great palace at Avignon. He settled the [[Pope John XXII#Beatific vision controversy|beatific vision controversy]] of [[Pope John XXII]]{{efn|While John was a proponent of the controversial position during his lifetime, he never promulgated it in any official documents and renounced it prior to his death in 1334.<ref>{{cite book |title=Translating Resurrection: The Debate Between William Tyndale and George Joye in Its Historical and Theological Context |first=Gergely |last=Juhász |publisher=Brill |year=2015 }}</ref>}} with the bull ''Benedictus Deus'', which stated that souls may attain the "fullness of the [[beatific vision]]" before the [[Last Judgment]].{{sfn|Sommer|2021|p=326}} Despite many diplomatic attempts with [[Emperor Louis IV]] to resolve their differences, Benedict failed to bring the Holy Roman Empire back under papal dominance. He died 25 April 1342 and was buried in Avignon.