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Key Facts |
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Pietro Tomacelli |
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1356 |
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Naples, Italy |
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Pope (1389-1404) |
| Died |
October 1, 1404 |
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Background |
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Born Piero Tomacelli, was the second Roman Pope of the Western Schism.During his time the antipope Clement VII (1378–94) continued to hold court as pope in Avignon under the protection of the French monarchy. |
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Piero (also Perino, Pietro) Tomacelli came of an ancient but impoverished baronial family of Naples. |
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After the Italian Papal families had "dispatched" Pope Urban VI died on October 15th 1389 for his countless errors, the Conclave took fifteen days to select Tomacelli as Pope on Nomber 2, 1389. |
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On being elected Pope, The Roman Papal Party of Cardinals included the support of Germany, England, Hungary, Poland and the greater part of Italy. However, he continued to be surrounded by powerful enemies even within Rome itself. |
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In 1390, he assisted in ensuring Ladislause was crowned King of Naples and with combined militia forces continued to exterminate by whatever means the last remaining families and nobles of the Anjou-Plantagenet lines in Southern Italy. |
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In 1400, Boniface IX announced a jubilee, and pilgrims, mindful of the recent horrors of the Black Death and knowing that journeying was fraught with peril, made their way to Rome in the course of the year. |
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He died on October 1, 1404 and was succeeded by Pope Innocent VII (1404-1406). |
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Most Evil Crimes |
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List of most evil crimes |
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Of extreme corruption of the functions of office: (1389-1404) That Pope Boniface IX did sell papal offices, indulgences and even canonizations of saints to the highest bidders. Some of the greatest murderering ancestors of noble European families purchase their sainthood. None have been rescinded by the Catholic Church. |
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Of murder: (1389) That 3000 Jews were slaughtered by Christians in Prague. |
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Of crimes against humanity: (1391) Seville Jews Archbishop Martinez of Seville launches Holy War on Jews resulting in 4000 lives lost; 25,000 surviving Jews sold into slavery where archbishop forces those aged over 10 to wear identification badges. That instruction on these methods are later incorporated by the Vatican when instructing the Nazis on implementing the Vatican’s “Final Solution” Plan. |
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Death and Legacy |
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