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  1. Antipope Benedict XIII. Pedro Martínez de Luna y Pérez de Gotor (25 November 1328 – 23 May 1423), known as el Papa Luna in Spanish and Pope Luna in English, was an Aragonese nobleman who, as Benedict XIII, is considered an antipope (see Western Schism) by the Catholic Church .

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  2. Apr 17, 2024 · Benedict (XIII) was an antipope from 1394 to 1417. He reigned in Avignon, Provence, in opposition to the reigning popes in Rome, during the Western Schism (1378–1417), when the Roman Catholic Church was split by national rivalries claiming the papal throne.

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  3. Apr 17, 2024 · Benedict XIII (born Feb. 2, 1649, Gravina, Kingdom of Naples—died Feb. 21, 1730, Rome) was the pope from 1724 to 1730. Entering the Dominican order in 1667, Orsini taught philosophy at Brescia, Venetian Republic, before Pope Clement X made him cardinal in 1672. He was successively archbishop of Manfredonia (1675), of Cesena (1680), and of ...

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  5. BENEDICT XIII, ANTIPOPE. Pontificate (Avignon obedience): Sept. 28, 1394 to July 26, 1417. Born Pedro de Luna in 1342 at Illueca, Aragon. His parents, both of important Aragonese families, were Juan Mart í nez de Luna and Maria P é rez de Gotor. He was elected pope Sept. 28, 1394, deposed by the Council of Pisa June 5, 1409, and again deposed ...

  6. The Avignon antipope Benedict XIII, who refused to step down, was excommunicated on 27 July 1417 having lost all his supporters in the process. The Council elected Pope Martin V in 1417, essentially ending the schism. Benedict XIII, recognized by King Martin of Aragon, back in 1397, chose to ignore pleas for his resignation.

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  7. BENEDICT XIII. (Pedro de Luna), (c. 1328-1422 or 1423), anti-pope, belonged to one of the most noble families in Aragon. His high birth, his legal learning - he was for a long time professor of canon law at Montpellier - and the irreproachable purity of his life, recommended him to Pope Gregory XI., who created him cardinal in 1375.

  8. Pedro Martínez de Luna y Pérez de Gotor (25 November 1328 – 23 May 1423), known as el Papa Luna in Spanish and Pope Luna in English, was an Aragonese nobleman who, as Benedict XIII, is considered an antipope (see Western Schism) by the Catholic Church. Pedro Martínez de Luna y Pérez de Gotor , known as el Papa Luna in Spanish and Pope ...

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