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205th Roman Pontiff
Gregory XII
GREGORIVS Duodecimus
Angelo Correr
205th Successor of St Peter · 1406–1415 · Italy · b. Venice, Republic of Venice
1406
Elected
1415
Reign ended
9 years
Length
15th
Century
The Life
Citizen of the Republic of Venice. Reigned during the Western Schism. Confirmed the Council of Constance (1415); convinced to abdicate to end the Western Schism. Last pope to abdicate until Benedict XVI (2013).
Portrait: Justus van Gent / Pedro Berruguete / Wikimedia Commons