Council of Perpignan

The Council of Perpignan was convened in November 1408, by Avignon Antipope Benedict XIII in the city of Perpignan, which belonged to the Crown of Aragon, where Benedict had taken refuge from Avignon after the withdrawal of French support.

The choice of Perpignan

Perpignan was chosen because it was situated within the lands of the Crown of Aragon, but near to France, formerly the most important country of Benedict’s obedience.[1] This council was intended to anticipate the action of the planned Council of Pisa which was organised to end the long-continued Western Schism. The Council of Perpignan was attended only by three hundred, mostly Spanish,[2] ecclesiastics, and they quit the council when they found Benedict stubbornly refusing to resign the pontifical honors.[3] Nine sessions were necessary to read the official report of the pope's activities since his election in 1394; the council was interrupted with the fourteenth session and never came to an end, although several adjournments followed until 1416.[1] No action was taken by the council worthy of notice.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Le concile de Perpignan (15 novembre 1408–26 mars 1409). Actes du colloque international (Perpignan, 24–26 janvier 2008). Edited by Hélène Millet. [Études roussillonnaises, Revue d’histoire et d’archéologie méditerranéennes, Tome XXIV.], review at https://muse.jhu.edu/article/443963
  2. ↑ Waugh, William Templeton. A history of Europe: from 1378 to 1494. Routledge, 2016. p148-149
  3. ↑ Giannone, Pietro. The civil history of the kingdom of Naples. Рипол Классик, 1729. p287
  4. ↑ Perpignan, Council of. in The Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature. James Strong and John McClintock; Haper and Brothers; NY; 1880. http://www.biblicalcyclopedia.com/P/perpignan-council-of.html
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.