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Name:
Antipope Clement VIII
Gil Sanchez Munoz y Carbon
Preceded by: Innocent IX (1591)
Succeeded by: Leo XI (1605)
Roman Catholic Pope #232
Dates:
Born: c. 1369
Died: December 28, 1446
Pope: January 10, 1423 - July 26, 1429 (5 years)
Biography:
Cleemnt VIII became one of the Avignon antipopes when he was elected by three of the four Avignon cardinals appointed by his predecessor, Benedict XIII. Benedict had abdicated after the Council of Constance in 1417, so it is curious that the line would be continued like this, but the existence of a rival pope suited the political ambitions of Alfonso V of Aragon. Once Alfonso was done with him, he convinced Benedict to recognize the validity of the papacy of Martin V, elected at the Council of Constance.
There was one Avignon cardinal who didn't vote for Benedict: Jean Carrier. Because he though the man unfit, Carrier instead voted for Bernar Garnier, who took the name Benedict XIV. Both were excommunicated by Benedict XIII, not that his decisions would hold much weight for long. Garnier remained in hiding because everyone was after him - there was no longer much real political support for rival popes. After Garnier died in 1430 the one cardinal he named, Jean Farald, in turn elected Carrier pope - but Carrier was in prison and couldn't do anything about it. Presumably he held on to his claim to be pope until he died at an unknown date.
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