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Pope Martin V (Latin: Martinus V; Italian: Martino V; January/February 1369 – 20 February 1431), born Otto (or Oddone) Colonna, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 11 November 1417 to his death in February 1431.
papal primacy. Martin V (born 1368, Genazzano, Papal States [Italy]—died Feb. 20, 1431, Rome) was the pope from 1417 to 1431. A cardinal subdeacon who had helped organize the Council of Pisa in 1409, he was unanimously elected pope on Nov. 11, 1417, in a conclave held during the Council of Constance (1414–18), which had been called to end ...
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May 9, 2018 · Martin V (1368–1431) Pope (1417–31), b. Oddone Colonna. After 39 years of schism, Martin tried to restore papal prestige and church unity through political means. He reorganized the Curia and sought unsuccessfully to reopen diplomatic links with the Eastern Orthodox Church in Constantinople.
Pope Martin V was the 206th Pope. He was born Oddone Colonna in 1368, ascended to the papacy in 1417, marking the end of the Western Schism, a tumultuous period that saw multiple claimants to the papal throne and deeply divided Christendom.
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Martin V (ODDONE COLONNA), POPE; b. at Genazzano in the Campagna di Roma, 1368; d. at Rome, February 20, 1431. He studied at the University of Perugia, became prothonotary Apostolic under Urban VI, papal auditor and nuncio at various Italian courts under Boniface IX, and was administrator of the Diocese of Palestrina from December 15, 1401, to ...
The Holy See Pontiffs Martin V [ AR - DE - EN ... Martin V 206th Pope of the Catholic Church Beginning Pontificate: 11,21.XI.1417: End Pontificate:
August 2007. A period of renewed power for the papacy began in the year 1420, when Pope Martin V (r. 1417–31) moved the papal seat back to Rome, following its long “Babylonian Captivity,” when it was based at Avignon, France (1309–77), and after the Great Schism (1378–1417), when several “popes” simultaneously claimed the office.
