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Alexander V
Sign in to saveAlso known as Pietro Filargis, Antipope Alexander V, pope Alexander V, Peter of Candia, Peter Phillarges
Catholic cardinal and antipope (1339-1410)
Key facts
- Papacy began
- 26 June 1409
- Papacy ended
- 3–4 May 1410
- Predecessor
- Gregory XII
- Successor
- Antipope John XXIII
- Opposed to
- Roman claimant: Gregory XII Avignon claimant: Benedict XIII
- Born
- Petros Philargos , c. 1339, Neapoli, Crete , Republic of Venice
- Died
- 3–4 May 1410 (aged 70 – 71), Bologna , Papal States
- Denomination
- Catholic
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alexander
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Crete
- Place of death
- Bologna
- Occupation
- Catholic priest
- Position held
- antipope
- Educated at
- University of Oxford
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Image
- Antipope Alexander V (1409-1410).JPG
- Religious order
- Order of Friars Minor
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- date of death
- 1410-05-03
- Commons category
- Alexander V
- date of birth
- 1339-00-00
- described by source
- Orthodox Theological Encyclopedia
- name in native language
- Πέτρος Φιλάργης
- place of burial
- Basilica of Saint Francis
- ethnic group
- Greeks
- P13311
- Ticengo
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Encyclopedic overview
Peter of Candia, also known as Peter Phillarges (Greek: Πέτρος Φιλάργης) (c. 1339 – 3 May 1410), denominated Alexander V (Latin: Alexander PP.V; Italian: Alessandro V), was an antipope elected by the Council of Pisa during the Western Schism (1378–1417). He reigned briefly from 26 June 1409 to his death in 1410, in opposition to the Roman Pope Gregory XII and the Avignon antipope Benedict XIII. In the 20th century, the Catholic Church reinterpreted the Western Schism by recognising the Roman Popes of the period as legitimate. The pontificate of Gregory XII was thus recognized to extend to 1415, and Alexander V was and is now recognized as an antipope.
Life
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