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Gregory XII

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Also known as: Angelo Correr
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Gregory XII (born c. 1325, Venice [Italy]—died October 18, 1417, Recanati, Papal States) was the pope, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, from 1406 to 1415. He was the last of the Roman line during the Western Schism (1378–1417), when the papacy was contested by antipopes in Avignon (France) and in Pisa (Italy). Angelo Correr was bishop of Castello in the Papal States (1380) and Latin Patriarch of Constantinople (1390) when made a cardinal...

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