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<DIV><STRONG>SNATCHED FROM THE INTERNET.... Called
Benedict XIII, he is considered to have been an anti-pope.</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>Pedro de Luna</STRONG>, 1328?1423?, Aragonese churchman, antipope
(13941417) 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 <A class=articlelinks
href="http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/U/Urban6.html">Urban VI</A>,
but later switched his allegiance to <A class=articlelinks
href="http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/R/RbrtGe.html">Robert of
Geneva</A>, who, as Antipope Clement VII, launched the Great Schism (see <A
class=articlelinks
href="http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/S/Schism-G.html">Schism,
Great</A>). 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 <A
class=articlelinks
href="http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/P/Pisa-Cou.html">Pisa, Council
of</A>) only made matters worse, and Benedict lost all his obedience but
Scotland, Sicily, Castile, and AragOn. The Council of Constance (see <A
class=articlelinks
href="http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/C/ConstncCo.html">Constance,
Council of</A>) 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. </DIV>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> plgm statue in Tortosa, Spain</DIV>
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<DIV><BR></DIV>On my travels I visited Tortosa near the Spanish mid-east
coast. Itīs famous<BR>in medieval history because it is where <STRONG>Pope
Pedro de Luna</STRONG> ordered a series of<BR>disputations, christian
theologians to-with Jewish inhabitants of the area....<BR>(thatīs another
story).<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>