Alexander V
Americannoun
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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 Rossiter Johnson
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 William Dallmann
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 James Edward Talmage
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 Rossiter Johnson
Alexander V was a beggar; he was "born mud, and died marble."
From Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden
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