case the pope) and was chiefly a judicial officer who ranked higher than the Primicerius (Rector). The Primicerius was elected by the Doctors of Law. In 1503 the Doctors of Law had 4 Theologians and in 1784 two Doctors of Medicine added to their ranks. Since the Pope was the spiritual head and, after 1348, the temporal ruler of Avignon, he was able to have a great deal of influence in all university affairs. In 1413 John XXIII granted the university extensive special privileges, such as university jurisdiction and tax exempt status. Political, geographical, and educational circumstances in the latter part of the university's existence caused it to seek favour from Paris rather than Rome for protection. During the chaos of the French Revolution the university started to gradually disappear and, in 1792, the university was abandoned and closed. Modern university A university annex of the Faculté des Sciences d'Aix-Marseille was opened in Avignon in 1963. Over the next 20 years various changes were made to the provision of tertiary education in the town until finally in 1984 the Université d'Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse was created. This was nearly 200 years after the demise of the original Avignon university. The main campus lies to the east of the city centre within the city walls. The university occupies the 18th century buildings of the Hôpital Sainte-Marthe. The main building has an elegant façade with a central portico. The right hand side was designed by Jean-Baptiste Franque and built between 1743 and 1745. Franque was assisted by his son François in the design of the portico. The hospital moved out in the 1980s and, after major works, the building opened for students in 1997. In 2009–2010 there were 7,125 students registered at the university. Notable people The Arts Nicolas Dipre (ca.1495-1532), early Renaissance painter. Trophime Bigot (1579 in Arles – 1650 in Avignon), French painter of the Baroque era. Pierre Simon Jaillot (1631-1681), sculptor of ivory objects Pierre Parrocel (1664–1739), painter of the late-Baroque period. Claude-Joseph Vernet (1714-1789), a painter of night landscapes. Dorothea von Rodde-Schlözer (1770 in Göttingen – 1825 in Avignon), artist and scholar. Pierre Grivolas (1823-1906), painter of landscapes, portraits and genre scenes. Émile Beaussier (1874–1943), painter of maritime scenes and sunny landscapes. Albert Gleizes (1881–1953), artist, theoretician, philosopher, self-proclaimed founder of Cubism Yahel Chirinian (born 1970), contemporary sculptor and installation artist Music Justine Favart (1727–1772), an