benedict (xiii) (antipope from 1394 to 1423 who maintained to the end of his life that he was the rightful pope and created four
1Benedict (XIII) — ▪ antipope original name Pedro de Luna born c. 1328, Illueca, Kingdom of Aragon died 1423, Peñíscola, in Valencia antipope from 1394 to 1417. He reigned in Avignon, Provence, in opposition to the reigning popes in Rome, during the Western …