POPES
by Deb McCoy | Mar 7, 2024 | Popes
Pope Alexander V is a difficult man to categorize. Sometime around 1339, a child was born near Neapoli, on the island of Crete, or Candia, as it was called. His parents and relatives soon disappeared, and he was left to his own devices, becoming a beggar on the...
by Deb McCoy | Feb 22, 2024 | Popes
If you think following the story of Avignon and the Western Schism has been difficult, sit down. The papacy under Gregory XII is even more confusing. Angelo Corrario, the future Pope Gregory XII, was born somewhere between 1325 and 1335, of a prominent Venetian...
by Deb McCoy | Feb 14, 2024 | Popes
Pope Innocent VII was the third Roman pope during the Western schism, which ran from 1378 to 1417. Born around 1339, Cosimo de Migliorati was from a simple, humble family from...
by Deb McCoy | Jan 31, 2024 | Popes
This pope was neither French nor Italian (at that time), but from the Kingdom of Naples. He was born about 1318 and given the name Bartolomeo Prignano. A very intelligent man, he was a monk, trained at Avignon. In 1364, he was named archbishop of Acerenza, Kingdom of...
by Deb McCoy | Nov 26, 2023 | Popes
Medieval Italian soldiers This pope was neither French nor Italian (at that time), but from the Kingdom of Naples. He was born about 1318 and given the name Bartolomeo Prignano. A very intelligent man, he was a monk, trained at Avignon. In 1364, he was named...
by Deb McCoy | Oct 20, 2023 | Popes
Pope Urban V temporarily escaped Avignon, France and went back to Rome. But it only lasted two years. He moved back to Avignon where he died. Pope Gregory XI tried again less than a decade later. And it worked. Pope Gregory XI was born Pierre Roger de Beaufort about...