# Pope Innocent VI - Pope and Sovereign of the Papal States

URL: https://allhistories.com/vatican/popes/pope-innocent-vi
Pontificate: 18 December 1352 – 12 September 1362
Number in the papal list: 199
Born-Died: 1282 - 12 September 1362
Papal era: Avignon Papacy
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Innocent_VI

Innocent VI sent Cardinal Gil de Albornoz to Italy, who reconquered the Papal States from local tyrants and issued the Egidian Constitutions (1357), the basic law of the Papal States until 1816. He also fortified Avignon with new walls.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Pope Clement VI](https://allhistories.com/vatican/popes/pope-clement-vi)
- Next in list: [Pope Urban V](https://allhistories.com/vatican/popes/pope-urban-v)

## Timeline events during this pontificate
- 1353 - [Albornoz Reconquers the Papal States](https://allhistories.com/vatican/timeline/1353-albornoz-reconquers-the-papal-states)
- 1357 - [Egidian Constitutions](https://allhistories.com/vatican/timeline/1357-egidian-constitutions)