In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Martínez de Luna and the second or maternal family name is Pérez de Gotor.
Antipope
Benedict XIII
Pope Luna
Portrait by Juan Rexach (15th-century, Morella, Spain)
Elected
28 September 1394
Papacy began
11 October 1394
Quashed
12 March 1403
Papacy ended
23 May 1423
Predecessor
Roman claimant:
Boniface IX
Innocent VII
Gregory XII
Martin V
Antipapal (Avignonian) claimant:
Clement VII
Successor
Roman claimant:
Martin V
Antipapal (Avignonian) claimant:
Clement VIII
Opposed to
Roman claimants:
Boniface IX
Innocent VII
Gregory XII
Martin V
Pisan claimants:
Alexander V
John XXIII
Other post(s)
Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin
Orders
Ordination
3 October 1394 by Jean de Neufchatel
Consecration
11 October 1394 by Jean de Neufchatel
Created cardinal
20 December 1375
Rank
Cardinal-Deacon
Personal details
Born
Pedro Martínez de Luna y Pérez de Gotor
(1328-11-25)25 November 1328
Illueca, Crown of Aragon
Died
23 May 1423(1423-05-23) (aged 94) Peniscola, Crown of Aragon
Buried
Castillo Palacio del Papa Luna, Illueca (skull)
Occupation
Professor
Previous post(s)
Apostolic Administrator of Avignon (1394–1398)
Alma mater
University of Montpellier
Coat of arms
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Pedro Martínez de Luna y Pérez de Gotor (25 November 1328 – 23 May 1423), known as el Papa Luna in Spanish and Pope Luna in English, was an Aragonese nobleman who, as Benedict XIII, is considered an antipope (see Western Schism) by the Catholic Church.
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