Innocent VII | |
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| Bishop of Rome | |
.jpg) Miniature of Innocent VII in the Nuremberg Chronicle (1493) | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Papacy began | 17 October 1404 |
| Papacy ended | 6 November 1406 |
| Predecessor | Boniface IX |
| Successor | Gregory XII |
| Opposed to | Avignon claimant: Benedict XIII |
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| Orders | |
| Consecration | 5 December 1387 |
| Created cardinal | 18 December 1389 by Boniface IX |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Cosimo de' Migliorati 1339 |
| Died | 6 November 1406 (aged 66–67) Rome, Papal States |
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| Other popes named Innocent | |
| Papal styles of Pope Innocent VII | |
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| Reference style | His Holiness |
| Spoken style | Your Holiness |
| Religious style | Holy Father |
| Posthumous style | None |
Pope Innocent VII (Latin: Innocentius VII; Italian: Innocenzo VII; 1339[1] – 6 November 1406), born Cosimo de' Migliorati, was head of the Catholic Church from 17 October 1404 to his death, in November 1406. He was pope during the period of the Western Schism (1378–1417), and was opposed by the Avignon claimant Benedict XIII. Despite good intentions, he did little to end the schism, owing to the troubled state of affairs in Rome, and his distrust of the sincerity of Benedict XIII, and King Ladislaus of Naples.
- ^ The single contemporary source that refers to his age (chronicle of Dietrich von Nieheim) says that he became pope at the age of 65. A. Kneer: Zur Vorgeschichte Papst Innozenz VII., Historisches Jahrbuch, 1891, p. 347-348. Several modern sources (incl. The Catholic Encyclopedia or Encyclopædia Britannica) put his birth ca. 1336