Everything about Antipope Nicholas V totally explained
Nicholas V, born
Pietro Rainalducci (died
October 16 1333) was an
antipope in
Italy from
May 12 1328 to
July 25 1330 during the
pontificate of
Pope John XXII (1316–34) at
Avignon. He was the last Imperial antipope, that is, set up by a
Holy Roman Emperor.==Biography==
Rainalducci was born at
Corvaro, an ancient stronghold near
Rieti in
Lazio. He joined the
Franciscan order after separating from his wife in
1310, and became famous as a
preacher. He was elected through the influence of the
excommunicated Emperor,
Louis IV the Bavarian, by an assembly of priests and laymen, and consecrated at
St. Peter's Basilica in
Rome on
May 12,
1328 by the bishop of
Venice. After spending four months in Rome, he withdrew with Louis IV to
Viterbo and then to
Pisa, where he was guarded by the imperial
vicar. On
February 19 1329 Nicholas V presided at a bizarre ceremony in the
Duomo of Pisa, at which a straw puppet representing
Pope John XXII and dressed in pontifical robes was formally condemned, degraded, and handed over to the secular arm. Nicholas V was excommunicated by John XXII in April
1329, and sought refuge with Count
Boniface of Donoratico near
Piombino. Having obtained assurance of pardon, he presented a confession of his sins first to the
archbishop of Pisa, and then at
Avignon on
August 25,
1330 to John XXII, who absolved him.
He remained in honourable imprisonment in the
papal palace, Avignon until his death in October 1333.
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