Pope Benedict XVI Resigns : Previous Popes Who Have Resigned From The Church : Pope Gregory XII ( 1326 – 18 October 1417), The Fourth Pope To Resign.

Tuesday 12 February 2013

Pope Gregory XII ( 1326 – 18 October 1417), The Fourth Pope To Resign.

Pope Gregory XII ( 1326 – 18 October 1417), born Angelo Correr or Corraro, was Pope from 1406 toresign, Gregory XII stepped down in 1415 to help end a church schism.The remainder of Gregory XII's life 1415. He succeeded Pope Innocent VII on 30 November 1406.Pope Gregory XII: The last pope to resign spent his retirement in peaceful obscurity in Ancona. He was the last pope to voluntarily abdicate until Benedict XVI in 2013.

Pope Gregory XII