Alexander V

American  

noun

1. 1340?–1410, Cretan ecclesiastic: pope 1409–10.

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Example Sentences

Alexander V died ten months after his election, and the cardinals chose as his successor Cardinal Cossa, who took the name of John XXIII.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 by Johnson, Rossiter

The council deposed both popes, and elected Alexander V as the supreme head of the church.

From The Great Apostasy Considered in the Light of Scriptural and Secular History by Talmage, James Edward

Alexander V was a beggar; he was "born mud, and died marble."

From Pushing to the Front by Marden, Orison Swett

Now Archbishop Sbynko went over to the rival pope, Alexander V, and convinced him that all the troubles in Bohemia were due to the teachings of Wiclif spread by Hus.

From John Hus A brief story of the life of a martyr by Dallmann, William

Council of Pisa; both popes refuse to appear; they are deposed and Alexander V is elected.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 by Johnson, Rossiter