Given the question: Facts: - death place: avignon , county of provence - cardinal: 18 december 1327 - type: pope - birth name: jacques fournier - successor: clement vi - death date: 25 april 1342 - predecessor: john xxii - term end: 25 april 1342 - term start: 20 december 1334 - created cardinal by: john xxii - name: benedict xii - image size: 220px - birth date: c. 1280s - image: papa benedictus duodecimus.jpg - birth place: saverdun , kingdom of france - other: benedict Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of pope benedict xii .
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pope benedict xii -lrb- ; died 25 april 1342 -rrb- , born jacques fournier , was pope from 20 december 1334 to his death in 1342 .he was the third avignon pope .