(A.D. 1409) A controversial council which attempted to end the Western Schism by convening a College of CardinalsThe assembly of cardinals who elect a new pope. See cardinals. more composed of members appointed by both competing Popes, which then ostensibly deposed them both and appointed a third man as Pope. This attempt was highly criticized and unsuccessful.
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