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Name:
Pope Innocent VII
Born: Cosimo de' Migliorati
Preceded by: Boniface IX (1389 - 1404)
Succeeded by: Gregory XII (1406 - 1415)
Roman Catholic Pope #205
Antipope: Benedict XIII (1394-1417)
Dates:
Born: c. 1336 (Italy)
Died: November 6, 1406
Pope: October 17, 1404 - November 6, 1406 (2 years)
Biography:
Pope Innocent VII reigned during the Great Schism of the West and it is partly
because of him that this schism continued as long as it had. Before his election
(with only eight cardinals), he had agreed to abdicate his position on the
condition that the antipope Benedict XIII do the same - but after his election,
Innocent generally ignored Benedict and decided to go his own way.
Innocent XIII wasn't very popular with the people of Rome and he was forced to get the aid of the King of Naples to suppress the people - but only on the condition that Innocent continue his refusal to reach any accomodation with Benedict in Avignon because that, in turn, could threaten King Ladislas' claim over Naples.
Ladislas wasn't entirely successful in keeping the Roman citizens in line and, in order to try and restore order, the pope's nephew murdered eleven of the ring leaders. The people assumed that Innocent was himself responsible and the danger to him became so great that he had to flee to Viterbo.
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