Pope Innocent VII


Innocent VII
Bishop of Rome
Miniature of Innocent VII in the Nuremberg Chronicle (1493)
ChurchCatholic Church
Papacy began17 October 1404
Papacy ended6 November 1406
PredecessorBoniface IX
SuccessorGregory XII
Opposed toAvignon claimant:
Benedict XIII
Previous post(s)
Orders
Consecration5 December 1387
Created cardinal18 December 1389
by Boniface IX
Personal details
Born
Cosimo de' Migliorati

1339
Died6 November 1406(1406-11-06) (aged 66–67)
Rome, Papal States
Coat of armsInnocent VII's coat of arms
Other popes named Innocent
Papal styles of
Pope Innocent VII
Reference styleHis Holiness
Spoken styleYour Holiness
Religious styleHoly Father
Posthumous styleNone

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.

  1. ^ 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