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Council of Pisa
The
Council of Pisa
was an unrecognized
ecumenical council
of the
Catholic Church
held in
1409
that attempted to end the
Western Schism
by deposing
Benedict XIII
(Avignon) and
Gregory XII
(Rome). Instead of ending the Western Schism, the Council elected a third papal claimant,
Alexander V
, who would be succeeded by
John XXIII
.
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