Pedro de Luna

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Pedro de Luna, later known as Antipope Benedict XIII, was a prominent 14th–15th century Aragonese cardinal and theologian who played a central role in the Western Schism.

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Pedro de Luna canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Aragonese noble ⓘ
Roman Catholic priest ⓘ
antipope ⓘ
cardinal ⓘ
person ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
alignedWith Avignon Papacy ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Antipope Benedict XIII ⓘ
Benedict XIII ⓘ
appointedCardinalBy Pope Gregory XI ⓘ
linked to: Gregory XI
birthCountry Crown of Aragon ⓘ
birthPlace Illueca ⓘ
birthRegion Kingdom of Aragon ⓘ
birthYear c. 1328 ⓘ
cardinalateStartYear 1375 ⓘ
citizenship Crown of Aragon ⓘ
claimedPapacyEndYear 1423 ⓘ
claimedPapacyStartYear 1394 ⓘ
createdCardinalOf Santa Maria in Cosmedin ⓘ
deathCountry Crown of Aragon ⓘ
deathDate 1423-05-23 ⓘ
deathPlace Peñíscola ⓘ
deathRegion Kingdom of Valencia ⓘ
deposedBy Council of Constance ⓘ
education University of Montpellier ⓘ
excommunicatedBy Council of Constance ⓘ
fieldOfStudy canon law ⓘ
houseOrFamily House of Luna ⓘ
name Pedro de Luna ⓘ
notableFor contributing to prolongation of the Western Schism ⓘ
maintaining papal claim despite widespread opposition ⓘ
occupation antipope ⓘ
canon lawyer ⓘ
cardinal ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
opposedBy Roman Obedience ⓘ
papalName Benedict XIII ⓘ
papalPredecessor Clement VII ⓘ
papalSuccessorClaimant Clement VIII ⓘ
refusedToAbdicate true ⓘ
religion Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
residence Avignon ⓘ
Peñíscola Castle ⓘ
roleInEvent leading figure in the Western Schism ⓘ
supportedBy Crown of Aragon ⓘ
Kingdom of Castile ⓘ
linked to: Castile

Kingdom of Navarre ⓘ
Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
parts of France ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pope Benedict XIII → birthName → Pedro de Luna ⓘ
Illueca → hasNotablePerson → Pedro de Luna ⓘ
Peñíscola Castle → associatedWith → Pedro de Luna ⓘ
Pedro de Luna → name → Pedro de Luna ⓘ