Council of Pisa

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Catholic ecclesiastical assembly church council ecumenical council event historical event

The Council of Pisa was a 1409 ecclesiastical assembly that attempted to resolve the Western Schism by deposing rival popes and electing a new one, ultimately complicating rather than ending the papal dispute.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
1409 Council of Pisa 1
Pisan Council 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic ecclesiastical assembly ⓘ
church council ⓘ
ecumenical council ⓘ
event ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
aimedTo depose rival popes ⓘ
elect a single universally recognized pope ⓘ
end the Western Schism ⓘ
attendedBy canon lawyers ⓘ
cardinals from both obediences ⓘ
envoys of secular princes ⓘ
many bishops ⓘ
theologians ⓘ
complicated resolution of the Western Schism ⓘ
consideredBy Roman Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
convokedBy cardinals of the Avignon obedience ⓘ
cardinals of the Roman obedience ⓘ
country Republic of Pisa NERFINISHED ⓘ
declared both existing popes deposed ⓘ
both existing popes guilty of heresy ⓘ
both existing popes guilty of perjury ⓘ
both existing popes guilty of scandal ⓘ
both existing popes guilty of schism ⓘ
deposed Pope Benedict XIII ⓘ
surface form: Antipope Benedict XIII

Pope Gregory XII ⓘ
elected John XXIII (antipope) ⓘ
surface form: Antipope Alexander V
followedBy Council of Constance ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Council of Pisa ⓘ
surface form: 1409 Council of Pisa

Council of Pisa ⓘ
surface form: Pisan Council
hasEndTime 1409-08-07 ⓘ
hasName Council of Pisa self-link ⓘ
hasStartTime 1409-03-25 ⓘ
hasStatus not recognized as an ecumenical council by the Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages ⓘ
location Italy ⓘ
Pisa ⓘ
notRecognizedBy Pope Benedict XIII ⓘ
surface form: Antipope Benedict XIII

Pope Gregory XII ⓘ
partOf Western Schism ⓘ
pointInTime 1409 ⓘ
precededBy Council of Rome (1408) ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church
result continuation of the Western Schism ⓘ
election of Antipope Alexander V ⓘ
existence of three concurrent papal claimants ⓘ
topic church unity ⓘ
papal schism ⓘ

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Council of Pisa → hasAlternativeName → Council of Pisa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pisan Council
Council of Pisa → hasAlternativeName → Council of Pisa ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1409 Council of Pisa
Late Middle Ages → hasMajorEvent → Council of Pisa ⓘ
Council of Pisa → hasName → Council of Pisa self-link ⓘ
Council of Constance → precededBy → Council of Pisa ⓘ
Western Schism → significantEvent → Council of Pisa ⓘ