plgm statue in Tortosa, Spain

[Paul Newfield]

SNATCHED FROM THE INTERNET....      Called Benedict XIII, he is considered to have been an anti-pope.

Pedro de Luna, 1328?-1423?, Aragonese churchman, antipope (1394-1417) with the name Benedict XIII. He was a doctor of canon law and as cardinal (1375) became an outstanding member of the Curia Romana. He supported the election of Urban VI, but later switched his allegiance to Robert of Geneva, who, as Antipope Clement VII, launched the Great Schism (see Schism, Great). As Robert's legate in Spain, Cardinal de Luna secured the adherence of his country to the Avignon obedience. On Robert's death, the cardinals at Avignon elected Cardinal de Luna, having first elicited his promise to abdicate should that be necessary to bring an end to the schism. As Benedict XIII, the new antipope proved himself the most able of all of the popes and antipopes of the period. He showed himself unwilling, however, to negotiate an end to the schism. His outright refusal to abdicate at the Council of Pisa (see Pisa, Council of) only made matters worse, and Benedict lost all his obedience but Scotland, Sicily, Castile, and AragOn. The Council of Constance (see Constance, Council of) moved Benedict to even greater intransigence. The council deposed him in 1417. Benedict, forsaken by all but his household, lived on in his fortress at Peniscola (near Valencia), claiming to be the rightful pope until his death. 


Subject: plgm statue in Tortosa, Spain


  On my travels I visited Tortosa near the Spanish mid-east coast. It´s famous
  in medieval history because it is where Pope Pedro de Luna ordered a series of
  disputations, christian theologians to-with Jewish inhabitants of the area....
  (that´s another story).

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