Francesco Zabarella was an Italian cardinal and canonist.
Portrait of Francesco Zabarella
Padua Cathedral - tomb of cardinal Zabarella.
The Council of Constance was an ecumenical council of the Catholic Church that was held from 1414 to 1418 in the Bishopric of Constance in present-day Germany. This was the first ecumenical council co
Francesco Zabarella
…his representative. It was chiefly through his influence that John XXIII finally resigned the papacy unconditionally in April, 1415. Nevertheless, the Council of Constance continued its proceedings against John, and commissioned Zabarella with four other cardinals to inform him of his suspension, and later of his formal…
Jan Hus before the Council of Constance, 1883 painting by Václav Brožík
Sigismund, King of the Romans and of Hungary, his second wife, Barbara of Celje, and their daughter, Elizabeth of Luxembourg, at the Council of Constance
Bishops debating with the pope at the Council of Constance
Imperia, erected in 1993 to commemorate the Council