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How did Pope Clement VI survive the Black Death in plague-ridden Avignon?
On the prescription of his physician Guy de Chauliac, Clement VI spent the worst of the Avignon plague (spring 1348) confined to a chamber between two large fires. The smoke and heat were thought to drive away corrupted air; whether the regime worked or the imposed seclusion did is unrecoverable. He did not contract plague.
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The Pope Who Sat Between Two Fires Pope Clement VI spent the Black Death sitting in a heated room in Avignon, protected by a wall of fire on the advice of his physician. He issued the bulls that tried to stop the massacres of Jews. They did not stop.
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