Pope Martin V
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Pope Martin V, born Oddone Colonna, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 11 November 1417 to his death in February 1431. His election effectively ended the Western Sc
Detail of a fresco in the Museum of the Hospital of Santa Maria Nuova by Lorenzo di Bicci, showing Martin V consecrating the Church of Sant'Egidio, c. 1424
Pope Martin's election is announced. Chronicle of Ulrich of Richenthal.
Council of Constance
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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
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