Nicholas V. (Pietro Rainalducci),
antipope in
Italy
from
1328 to
1330 during the pontificate of
Pope John XXII at
Avignon. He was a
native of
Corbara[?] in the
Abruzzi. He joined the
Franciscan order after
separating from his wife in 1310, and became famous as a preacher. He was
elected through the influence of the excommunicated
emperor,
Louis IV the Bavarian, by an assembly of priests and laymen, and consecrated at St
Peter's in
Rome on
May 12,
1328 by the bishop of
Venice. After spending
four months in Rome, he withdrew with Louis to
Viterbo and then to
Pisa,
where he was guarded by the imperial vicar. He was excommunicated by Pope John
XXII in April
1329, and sought refuge with Count
Boniface of Donoratico[?]
near
Piombino. Having obtained assurance of pardon, he presented a
confession of his sins first to the archbishop of Pisa, and then (
August 25,
1330) to the
pope at Avignon. He remained in honourable
imprisonment in the papal palace until his death in October
1333.
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