1398Arrest of Benedict XIIIBenedict XIII
Kept as a prisoner in the papal palace
Historical records for Spain in 1398, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Kept as a prisoner in the papal palace
In 1398 the Kingdom of France withdrew its recognition of the Avignon papacy. Benedict was abandoned by 17 of his cardinals, with only five remaining faithful to him. Benedict's rationale for continuing the rivalry lay in the fact that he was the last living Cardinal created by Gregory XI, the last undoubted Supreme Pontiff
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