Benedict XIII

American  

noun

1. Pietro Francesco Orsini, 1649–1730, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1724–30.

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Example Sentences

There were three rival claimants to the papal throne at that time, the Roman Pope Gregory XII, the Avignon Pope Benedict XIII, and the Antipope John XXIII.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2010

During the reigns of succeeding Popes it was apparently undisturbed by dangerous honours, until the accession of the Anti-Pope, Benedict XIII.

From Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1 by Rose, Elise Whitlock

The third pope, the obstinate Benedict XIII, flatly refused to resign.

From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by Robinson, James Harvey

In this Church the Elector on the 24th of April last instituted the Order of St. George, by Authority of Pope Benedict XIII.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

At length the Avignonnais, who had not enjoyed greater peace under their anointed rulers than under worldling Counts, rose against Pierre de Luna, the “Anti-pope” Benedict XIII, who fled.

From Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1 by Rose, Elise Whitlock