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For what act is Cardinal Robert of Geneva remembered?

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The son of Amadeus III, Count of Geneva, Robert became Archbishop of Cambrai and was made a cardinal in 1371. As legate, during the War of the Eight Saints, he is said to have authorized the massacre of over 2,000 civilians at Cesena in 1377.

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Cardinal Robert of Geneva, also known as Antipope Clement VII, was the first antipope from the French papacy in Avignon and is besides that known for participating in the war of the eight saints where he was an army leader who was incharge of putting down a rebellion in the papal states.
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