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Also Known As Amedeo il Pacifico • Felix V • Amédée le Paisible • Amadeus the Peaceful
Born 1383 • Chambéry • Savoy
Died January 7, 1451 (aged 68) • Geneva
Title / Office antipope (1439-1449)
House / Dynasty House of Savoy
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count of Savoy
Charles Emmanuel I, detail of a lithograph
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king of Sardinia-Piedmont
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duke of Savoy
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count of Savoy
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duke of Savoy
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duke of Savoy
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Humbert I
count of Savoy
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Painting by Albrecht Durer of Charlemagne in ornate coronation robes and crown, holding a sword and orb, with gold embroidery and regal symbols behind him.
Charlemagne
Holy Roman emperor [747?–814]
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St. John Paul II
pope
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French heroine
St. Peter the Apostle
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Christian Apostle
Gregory VII excommunicating Henry IV
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Francis
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Gabriel Marcel
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