Pope Gregory XII

Pope

Gregory XII
Pope; Gregory XII
Bishop of Rome
	File:Joos Van Wassenhove e Pedro Berruguete – San Gregorio – Galleria Nazionale delle Marche.jpg
Papacy began	30 November 1406
Papacy ended	4 July 1415
Predecessor	Pope Innocent VII
Successor	Pope Martin V
Opposed to	Avignon claimant: Benedict XIII; Pisan claimants: Alexander V; John XXIII;
Orders
Consecration	1390
Created cardinal	12 June 1405; by Innocent VII
Personal details
Birth name	Angelo Corraro (or Corario)
Born	c. 1326 or 1327; Venice, Republic of Venice
Died	18 October 1417 (aged 90–91); Recanati, Marche, Papal States
Previous post	Bishop of Castello (1380–1390); Bishop of the Island of Negrepont (1387–1390); Titular Patriarch of Constantinople (1390–1405); Cardinal-Priest of San Marco (1405–1406); Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino (1415–1417); Apostolic Administrator of Constantinople (1406–1409); Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1415–1417);
Coat of arms	Gregory XII's coat of arms
	Other popes named Gregory

Pope Gregory XII (Latin: Gregorius Duodecimus; c. 1326 – 18 October 1417) was the 206th Pope. He was born Angelo Corrario at Venice, Italy. He became Bishop of Castello in 1380, titular Patriarch of Constantinople in 1390, a cardinal in 1405, and finally Pope Gregory XII on 30 November 1406. He held office during the years of the Western Schism. In 1415, he resigned during the Council of Constance. He died at Recanati in 1417.^[1] His papal resignation was the last until Pope Benedict XVI resigned in February 2013.^[2]

Popes of the Western Schism

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References[change]

File:C o a Gregorio XII.svg

The Coat of Arms of Gregory XII

↑ New Advent: Gregory XII
↑ "Pope Benedict XVI to resign citing poor health". BBC News. Retrieved 2013-02-11.

Other websites[change]

File:Commons-logo.svg Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 47: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons

File:Wikisource-logo.svg "Pope Gregory XII" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913.
"Gregory XII", Encyclopædia Britannica, 1911
Catholic Hierarchy, Pope Emeritus Gregory XII
Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church Archived 2011-10-30 at the Wayback Machine, Cardinal Correr

Preceded by Innocent VII	Pope 1406–1415	Succeeded by Martin V

[1] New Advent: Gregory XII

[2] "Pope Benedict XVI to resign citing poor health". BBC News. Retrieved 2013-02-11.

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