1. Not one, not two, but three Popes!
Comunicación y Gerencia
The Great Schism
Not one, not two, but three Popes!
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3. Pope Clement V Avignon 1305
For the next 72 years, 6 more Popes lived in Avignon, France: Clement V, John XXII, Benedict XII, Clement VI, Innocent VI, Urban V, & Gregory XI (for a short time before Returning to Rome)

4. Pope Gregory XI died in 1377 in Rome
Pope Urban VI elected by College of Cardinals in 1378 to replace Gregory

5. Thus began the Great Schism (1378-1417)
Clement VII named by French Cardinals (the majority) & moved back to France
Thus began the Great Schism ( )
One Pope in Rome, One in Avignon!

6. Who can follow this mess?
Beginning when Clement VII was appointed Pope by the French Cardinals AND Urban VI still considered himself Pope in Rome, the Italian “faction” of Catholics refused to acknowledge the French “faction.” Today’s Catholic Church mentions nothing of Clement…rather lists Urban VI, Bonafice IX, Innocent VII, Gregory XII, followed by Martin V, the man who was selected by the Council at Constance in 1417.
The dispute and the multiple Popes went on for 39 years.

7. But, before that could happen…
Alexander V was elected as a 3rd Pope at the Council of Pisa in 1409.
He is ignored by today’s Roman Catholic Church as well.
The Schism finally ended in 1417 when the Council of Constance appointed Martin the V, who then went on to declare the council illegal because they, in his opinion, had too much power!