Key Facts
 Other names Angelo Correr or Corraro
 Born 1336
 Location  Venice, Italy
Bloodline Venetian nobility
Married No. Mistresses
Children Yes, all illegitimate
Position Pope (1406-1415)
Died October 1417


  Background
  Angelo Corraro (also Cortarrio or Corrarrio) of Venetian nobility elected Pope during the multi-Pope period of fighting between Spanish, French and Italian-German Papal families.
  Became Pope in 1406 upon the death of Pope Innocent VII (1404-1406) by a conclave of less than fifteen cardinals in opposition to Pope Benedict XIII at Avignon.
  Resigned as Pope in 1415 upon the truce of Cardinals at the Council of Constance and the compromise candidate of Odo (or Oddone) Colonna Pope Martin V.
  Most Evil Crimes
 
 List of most evil crimes
Type Year Crime
  Of murder: (1415) John Huss of Bohemia, critic of papal corruption but guaranteed in writing personal safety by Pope Gregory XII, burned at the stake. "When dealing with heretics, one is not obligated to keep his word." – Pope Gregory XII. 1415
     
   


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