Gregory XII

Gregory XII
noun
the Italian pope from 1406 to 1415 who worked to end the Great Schism and who retired to make it possible (1327-1417)
Syn: ↑Gregory, ↑Angelo Correr
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(Angelo Correr, Corrario, or Corraro) c1327-1417, Italian ecclesiastic: installed as pope in 1406 and resigned office in 1415.

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