Portrait of Gregory XII by van Gent and Berruguete (c. 1476, Ducal Palace, Urbino)
Church
Catholic Church
Papacy began
30 November 1406
Papacy ended
4 July 1415
Predecessor
Innocent VII
Successor
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
Born
Angelo Corraro (or Corario)[1]
c. 1327
Venice, Republic of Venice
Died
18 October 1417(1417-10-18) (aged 89–90) Recanati, Marche, Papal States
Previous post(s)
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
Other popes named Gregory
Papal styles of Pope Gregory XII
Reference style
His Holiness
Spoken style
Your Holiness
Religious style
Holy Father
Posthumous style
None
Pope Gregory XII (Latin: Gregorius XII; Italian: Gregorio XII; c. 1327 – 18 October 1417), born Angelo Corraro, Corario,[1] or Correr,[2] was head of the Catholic Church from 30 November 1406 to 4 July 1415. Reigning during the Western Schism, he was opposed by the Avignon claimant Benedict XIII and the Pisan claimants Alexander V and John XXIII. Gregory XII wanted to unify the Church and voluntarily resigned in 1415 to end the schism.[3]
^ ab"Baynes, T. S.; Smith, W. R., eds. (1880). "Gregory XII." . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (9th ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 178.
^Miranda, Salvador (2022). "Correr, Angelo". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church – Biographical Dictionary. Archived from the original on 15 January 2018.
^Riccoboni, Bartolomea (2000). Life and Death in a Venetian Convent: the chronicle and necrology of Corpus Domini, 1395–1436. Chicago & London: The University of Chicago Press. pp. 60–63. ISBN 0-226-71789-5.
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