Antipope Alexander V
Catholic cardinal and antipope (1339-1410) · Religious Figures · Died at 71
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Something wrong?A medieval pope whose claim to the throne turned out to be on the wrong side of history. The Catholic Church spent centuries sorting out which of three competing popes during the Western Schism was real - and Peter of Candia, who reigned as Alexander V for ten months in 1409-1410, lost.
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About this person
Peter of Candia was born around 1339 and rose through the church during one of its messiest internal crises: the Western Schism, when rival popes in Rome and Avignon both claimed supremacy. In 1409, the Council of Pisa tried to end the stalemate by electing him as a compromise pope, taking the name Alexander V. Instead of resolving anything, his election created a third claimant - now there were popes in Rome, Avignon, and Pisa. He reigned from 26 June 1409 until his death on 3 May 1410, briefly holding power in opposition to Gregory XII in Rome and Benedict XIII in Avignon. Centuries later, the Catholic Church ruled that the Roman line had been legitimate all along, retroactively stripping Alexander of his papal status and recasting him as an antipope.
Religious Figures born in the 1330s 6
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