War of the Eight Saints | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Papal States |
Coalition of Italian city-states: Republic of Florence Milan Republic of Siena | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
John Hawkwood α Robert of Geneva β | Otto della Guerra | ||||||
αUntil 1377 βFrom 1377 |
The War of the Eight Saints (1375–1378) was a war between Pope Gregory XI and a coalition of Italian city-states led by Florence that contributed to the end of the Avignon Papacy.