The blue figure, depicted in a brass thronelike frame to suggest the papal seat, conveys motion in its play of lines against the black background, a favorite device of this artist.

From 1309 to 1377, Avignon was the papal seat.

Several of his predecessors were poor, unjust, and impious rulers who caused people to doubt the papal seat and the Vatican's monopoly on religion.

March 9 - Pope Clement V settles the papal seat in Avignon, following a visit.

Viterbo remained the papal seat for twenty-four years, from 1257 to 1281.

In 1309 the city was chosen by Clement V as his residence, and from that time till 1377 was the papal seat.

The king transmitted Floyran's sensational revelations to the pope, Clement V, who later moved the papal seat to Avignon.

One of the largest building complexes in Italy - almost a small city within the city - it has been since the 13th century a seat of power, both secular and papal.

Prior to that, the Lateran Palace in Rome had been the papal seat.

It became the papal seat of power for almost a full century.